Understanding work and knowledge management from a knowledgein-practice perspective

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 597-620

  McIver, Derrick ^a   Lengnick Hall, Cynthia A ^b   Lengnick Hall, Mark L ^b   Ramachandran, Indu ^c  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84885348474     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amr.2011.0266     Document Type: Article

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