Impact of organizational support on organizational intention to facilitate knowledge sharing

Knowledge Management Research and Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 26-35

  Lin, Hsiu Fen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Innovation characteristics; Interpersonal trust; Knowledge sharing; Organizational support; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84984725431     PISSN: 14778238     EISSN: 14778246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.kmrp.8500083     Document Type: Article

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