Perceived training intensity and knowledge sharing: Sharing for intrinsic and prosocial reasons

Human Resource Management

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 167-187

  Kuvaas, Bård ^a   Buch, Robert ^a   Dysvik, Anders ^a  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Motivation; Training and development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859131962     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.21464     Document Type: Article

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