The influence of team knowledge sourcing on team creativity: Evidences from information system development

Learning Organization

Volumn 20, Issue 4-5, 2013, Pages 308-321

  Khedhaouria, Anis ^a   Ribiere, Vincent ^b  

^a MONTPELLIER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b BANGKOK UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Intellectual demands; Knowledge sourcing; Learning orientation; Relational capital; Risk aversion; Team creativity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881574855     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/TLO-10-2012-0063     Document Type: Article

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