The influence of organizational design on knowledge transfer

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 418-434

  Martín Pérez, Víctor ^a   Martín Cruz, Natalia ^a   Estrada Vaquero, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Delegation; Extrinsic motivation; Intrinsic motivation; Knowledge management; Knowledge transfer; Non profit organizations; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861836859     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673271211238742     Document Type: Article

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