An Empirical Inquiry on Knowledge Sharing Among Academicians in Higher Learning Institutions

Minerva

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 131-154

  Ramayah, T ^a   Yeap, Jasmine A L ^a   Ignatius, Joshua ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Academicians; Knowledge sharing behavior; Partial Least Squares; Theory of Reasoned Action; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878115880     PISSN: 00264695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11024-013-9229-7     Document Type: Article

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