A framework for knowledge integration and diffusion

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-44

  Liu, Yuxian ^a,b   Rafols, Ismael ^c,d   Rousseau, Ronald ^b,e,f  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e Associatie KULeuven   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coherence; Diversity; Diversity management; Interdisciplinarity; Knowledge diffusion; Knowledge integration; Knowledge management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862909107     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220411211200310     Document Type: Article

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