Organizational climate and its influence on brokers' knowledge transfer activities: A structural equation modeling

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 105-118

  Hammami, Hajer ^a   Amara, Nabil ^a   Landry, Réjean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Innovation; Interactive cooperation; Knowledge brokers; Knowledge transfer activities; Organizational climate; Organizational support; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

SURVEYS;

AUTONOMY; INTERACTIVE COOPERATION; KNOWLEDGE BROKERS; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE; ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84870419003     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2012.07.008     Document Type: Article

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