KNOWLEDGE SHARING MECHANISMS IN PROJECT-BASED KNOWLEDGE WORK: CODIFICATION VERSUS PERSONALIZATION

Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 794-800

  Boh, Wai Fong ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

knowledge management systems; knowledge networks; knowledge work; knowledge workers; Organizational learning

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

ELECTRONIC DATABASE; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS; KNOWLEDGE WORK; KNOWLEDGE WORKERS; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING MECHANISMS; NETWORKED COMPUTERS; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; PERSONALIZATIONS; PROJECT-BASED KNOWLEDGES;

COSTS;

EID: 84895261215     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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