Interaction of individual and social antecedents of learning effectiveness: A study in the IT research context

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 115-128

  Kankanhalli, A ^a   Pee, L G ^b   Tan, G W ^a   Chhatwal, S ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c Bloom International Trading   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; knowledge sourcing initiative; learning effectiveness; learning orientation; social capital

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; KNOWLEDGE SOURCING INITIATIVE; LEARNING EFFECTIVENESS; LEARNING ORIENTATION; SOCIAL CAPITALS;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 84856408983     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2011.2144988     Document Type: Article

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