Organizational culture and willingness to share knowledge: A competing values perspective in Australian context

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1163-1174

  Wiewiora, Anna ^a,b   Trigunarsyah, Bambang ^c   Murphy, Glen ^b,c   Coffey, Vaughan ^c  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Cooperative Research Centre for Infrastructure and Engineering Asset Management ^*  (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian context; Competing values framework; Knowledge sharing; Organizational culture; Project based organizations

Indexed keywords

RESEARCH;

AUSTRALIAN CONTEXT; COMPETING VALUES FRAMEWORKS; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURES; PROJECT-BASED ORGANIZATIONS;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH WORK;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84883556126     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2012.12.014     Document Type: Article

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