A specific knowledge culture: Cultural antecedents for knowledge sharing between project teams

European Management Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 190-202

  Mueller, Julia ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corporate culture; Knowledge culture; Knowledge sharing; Project organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897635605     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2013.05.006     Document Type: Article

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