A meta-analysis of brokering knowledge in project management

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 2-13

  Holzmann, Vered ^a,b  

^a HOLON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brokering knowledge; Discipline reviews; Knowledge transfer; Meta analysis; Project management; Research trends

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

BROKERING KNOWLEDGE; GLOBAL PROJECTS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECTOR; KNOWLEDGE BROKERING; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; META-ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS; RESEARCH TRENDS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84868301437     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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