Sense Making and Knowledge Transfer: Capturing the Knowledge and Wisdom of Nursing Leaders

Journal of Professional Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 290-297

  Linderman, Albert ^a   Pesut, Daniel ^b   Disch, Joanne ^b  

^a Sagis Corporation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge complexity; Knowledge transfer; Leadership development; Sense making; Wisdom leadership

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; LEADERSHIP; NURSING STAFF;

HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; LEADERSHIP; NURSING STAFF;

EID: 84937250950     PISSN: 87557223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2015.02.004     Document Type: Article

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