Knowledge sharing barriers at the individual level in a Chinese bank

PACIS 2008 - 12th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems: Leveraging ICT for Resilient Organizations and Sustainable Growth in the Asia Pacific Region

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Huang, Qian ^a   Davison, Robert M ^b  

^a Suzhou Institute for Advanced Study   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Face; Knowledge sharing; Loss of knowledge power; Relationship orientation

Indexed keywords

FACE; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; POTENTIAL LOSS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RESEARCH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84855599232     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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