Perceptions of the impacts of organizational culture and information technology on knowledge sharing in construction

Construction Innovation

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 182-201

  Issa, Raja R A ^a   Haddad, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Knowledge management; Knowledge sharing; Organizational culture; Trust; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986127768     PISSN: 14714175     EISSN: 14770857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14714170810888958     Document Type: Article

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