Engaging environments: Tacit knowledge sharing on the shop floor

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 290-306

  Nakano, Davi ^a   Muniz, Jorge ^b   Batista, Edgard Dias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blue collar workers; Knowledge management; Knowledge sharing; Shop floor; Tacit knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875614987     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673271311315222     Document Type: Article

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