Knowledge management and its critical factors in social economy organizations

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 267-284

  Cardoso, Leonor ^a   Meireles, Andreia ^a   Peralta, Carlos Ferreira ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b CATÓLICA LISBON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Knowledge centered culture; Organizational commitment; Organizations; Path analysis; Portugal; Social economy organizations; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858834309     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673271211218861     Document Type: Article

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