A multilevel model for effects of social capital and knowledge sharing in knowledge-intensive work teams

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 780-790

  Yu, Yan ^a   Hao, Jin Xing ^b   Dong, Xiao Ying ^c   Khalifa, Mohamed ^d  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Peking University   (China)

^d AL GHURAIR UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Knowledge sharing; Multilevel approach; Social capital; Social network

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SURVEYS;

BETWEENNESS CENTRALITY; EXPLICIT AND TACIT KNOWLEDGE; INDIVIDUAL LEVELS; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; MULTILEVEL APPROACH; MULTILEVEL MODEL; OPTIMAL NETWORK CONFIGURATION; SOCIAL CAPITALS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84880087256     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2013.05.005     Document Type: Article

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