Human factors of knowledge sharing intention among taiwanese enterprises: A preliminary study

Human Factors and Ergonomics In Manufacturing

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 328-339

  Tseng, Chun Pin ^a,c   Chang, Min Li ^b   Chen, Cheng Wu ^c,d  

^a CHUNG SHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Human factor; Knowledge management; Knowledge sharing; Small and medium enterprises; Taiwanese enterprises

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC SECTORS; BUSINESS MANAGERS; CORE COMPETENCIES; EXTERNAL RESOURCES; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE;

HUMAN ENGINEERING; INFORMATION SERVICES; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84862215467     PISSN: 10908471     EISSN: 15206564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hfm.20507     Document Type: Article

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