Knowledge management practices and performance: Are they truly linked¿

Knowledge Management Research and Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 255-264

  Jayasingam, Sharmila ^a   Ansari, Mahfooz A ^b   Ramayah, T ^c   Jantan, Muhamad ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^c SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Knowledge acquisition; Knowledge dissemination; Knowledge management practices; Knowledge utilization; Organization size; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883226578     PISSN: 14778238     EISSN: 14778246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/kmrp.2012.5     Document Type: Article

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