Line managers: Facilitators of knowledge sharing in teams

Employee Relations

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 294-307

  Macneil, Christina M ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Facilitators; Knowledge management; Line management; Teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986014889     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450310475874     Document Type: Article

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