Promoting professionals' innovative behaviour through knowledge sharing: The moderating role of social capital

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 527-544

  Mura, Matteo ^a   Lettieri, Emanuele ^b   Radaelli, Giovanni ^b   Spiller, Nicola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Health care; Hospice and palliative care organizations; Innovation; Innovative behaviour; Knowledge management; Knowledge sharing; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880178688     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JKM-03-2013-0105     Document Type: Article

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