The review of approaches to knowledge management system studies

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 472-490

  Matayong, Sureena ^a   Mahmood, Ahmad Kamil ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Information systems; Journals; Knowledge management; Knowledge management systems; Process approach; Research work; Variance approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878835369     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JKM-10-2012-0316     Document Type: Review

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