The impact of knowledge governance on knowledge sharing

Management Decision

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 591-610

  Cao, Yong ^a   Xiang, Yang ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Guanxi effect; Knowledge governance; Knowledge management; Knowledge sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860372170     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251741211220147     Document Type: Article

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