Using storytelling to elicit tacit knowledge from SMEs

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 950-962

  Whyte, Grafton ^a   Classen, Selwyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Elicitation; Expert review; Grounded theory; Knowledge management; South Africa; Stories; Storytelling; Subject matter expert; Tacit knowledge; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868027022     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673271211276218     Document Type: Review

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