Knowledge management styles and organizational performance: An empirical study in a k-space framework

Journal of Information and Knowledge Management

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 347-372

  Al Hawari, Maen ^a   Hasan, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

empirical study; knowledge applicability; knowledge availability; knowledge codifiability; Knowledge management styles; organizational performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892178334     PISSN: 02196492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/s0219649204000936     Document Type: Article

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