Superordinate Identity and Knowledge Creation and Transfer in Organizations

Knowledge Governance: Processes and Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Argote, Linda ^a   Kane, Aimée A ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Governance mechanisms; Knowledge creation; Knowledge transfer; Superordinate identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920753158     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199235926.003.0007     Document Type: Chapter

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