A new organisational memory for cross-cultural knowledge management

Cross Cultural Management

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 336-351

  Bengoa, Dolores Sánchez ^a   Kaufmann, Hans Ruediger ^b   Vrontis, Demetris ^b  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Austria; Culture; Eastern Europe; Knowledge management; Organizational culture; Organizational memory; Russia; Western Europe

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865452985     PISSN: 13527606     EISSN: 17586089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527601211247080     Document Type: Article

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