Knowledge sharing in context: The influence of organizational commitment, communication climate and CMC use on knowledge sharing

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 117-130

  Van Den Hooff, Bart ^a   Ridder, Jan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Communication management; Knowledge management; Organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986131527     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: 17587484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270410567675     Document Type: Article

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