Organizational transactive memory systems : Review and extension

European Psychologist

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-20

  Peltokorpi, Vesa ^a  

^a JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Social cognition; Social network; Transactive memory systems.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856038174     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040/a000044     Document Type: Review

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