Communication and loyalty among knowledge workers: A resource of the firm theory view

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 250-261

  Smith, Alan D ^a   Rupp, William T ^a  

^a Robert Morris College   (United States)

Author keywords

Employees; Human asset accounting; Loyalty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986106176     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: 17587484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270210434359     Document Type: Article

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