Affiliation, reciprocal relationships and peer pressure in knowledge sharing in public universities in Malaysia

Asian Social Science

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 290-298

  Goh, See Kwong ^a   Sandhu, Manjit Singh ^b  

^a TAYLOR S UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Affiliation; Knowledge sharing behavior; Malaysian Universities; Peer pressure; Reciprocal relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878767753     PISSN: 19112017     EISSN: 19112025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5539/ass.v9n7p290     Document Type: Article

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