With whom shall I share my knowledge? A recipient perspective of knowledge sharing

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 277-295

  Zhang, Xiao ^a   Jiang, Jane Yan ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Knowledge recipient; Knowledge sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928332005     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: 17587484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JKM-05-2014-0184     Document Type: Article

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