Project management office a knowledge broker in project-based organisations

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-42

  Pemsel, Sofia ^a   Wiewiora, Anna ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Knowledge sharing; Project management office; Project manager; Project based organisation

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; MANAGERS;

KNOWLEDGE BROKERS; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; PROJECT MANAGERS; PROJECT-BASED; SHARE KNOWLEDGE; TOP MANAGEMENT;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84868303225     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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