The role of tacit and explicit knowledge in the workplace

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 311-321

  Smith, Elizabeth A ^a,b  

^a Vice President of Summit Resources Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Information resources management; Knowledge workers; Motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986059291     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: 17587484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270110411733     Document Type: Article

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