Information technology to support informal knowledge sharing

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 89-109

  Davison, Robert M ^a   Ou, Carol X J ^b   Martinsons, Maris G ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chinese management; Guanxi; Interactive IT; Relationship based knowledge management; Social networks; Transactive memory

Indexed keywords

FORMAL REPRESENTATIONS; GUANXI; INTERACTIVE IT; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; RESEARCH AGENDA; SOCIAL NETWORKS; TRANSACTIVE MEMORY;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84870874571     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: 13652575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2575.2012.00400.x     Document Type: Article

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