Appropriation or participation of the individual in knowledge management

Management Decision

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 426-445

  Rechberg, Isabel D W ^a   Syed, Jawad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appropriation; Individual; Knowledge; Knowledge management; Management; Participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904682705     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/MD-04-2013-0223     Document Type: Review

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