Behind knowledge transfer

Management Decision

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 459-478

  Tuan, Luu Trong ^a  

^a University for Natural Resources and Environment   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Ethics of care; Ethics of justice; Human resources localization; Knowledge management; Knowledge sharing; Organizational culture; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858380975     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251741211216232     Document Type: Article

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