Knowledge-sharing hostility and governance mechanisms: An empirical test

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 754-773

  Husted, Kenneth ^a   Michailova, Snejina ^a   Minbaeva, Dana B ^b   Pedersen, Torben ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND BUSINESS SCHOOL   (New Zealand)

^b Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; Governance mechanisms; Individual behaviour; Knowledge transfer; Knowledge sharing behaviour; Knowledge sharing hostility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866152922     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673271211262790     Document Type: Article

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