Knowledge generation and sharing in UK universities: A tale of two cultures?

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 32-39

  Howell, Kerry E ^a   Annansingh, Fenio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical junctures; Institutional culture; Knowledge generation; Knowledge sharing; Path dependency

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

CRITICAL JUNCTURES; INSTITUTIONAL CULTURES; KNOWLEDGE GENERATIONS; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; PATH DEPENDENCY;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84870431375     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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