Impact of the internal business environment on knowledge management within construction organisations

Construction Innovation

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-81

  Chen, le ^a   Mohamed, Sherif ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Business environment; Construction industry; Hong Kong; Knowledge management; Organizational culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986086005     PISSN: 14714175     EISSN: 14770857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14714170810846521     Document Type: Article

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