The impact of knowledge sharing and Islamic work ethic on innovation capability

Cross Cultural Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 142-165

  Kumar, Naresh ^a   Rose, Raduan Che ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Employees behaviour; Innovation capability; Islamic work ethic; Knowledge sharing; Knowledge sharing capability; Malaysia; Public sector organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860120406     PISSN: 13527606     EISSN: 17586089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527601211219847     Document Type: Review

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