Knowledge leadership to improve project and organizational performance

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 40-53

  Yang, Li Ren ^a   Huang, Chung Fah ^b   Hsu, Ting Jui ^a  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Customer knowledge management; Data complexity; Knowledge leadership; Organizational performance; Project performance

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;

CUSTOMER KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; DATA COMPLEXITY; KNOWLEDGE LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE; PROJECT PERFORMANCE;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; KNOWLEDGE; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EID: 84887247111     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2013.01.011     Document Type: Article

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