Nurturing a knowledge environment for international construction organizations through communities of practice

Construction Innovation

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 217-231

  Grisham, Thomas ^a   Walker, Derek H t ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

communities; knowledge management; project management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992996729     PISSN: 14714175     EISSN: 14770857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14714170610713908     Document Type: Article

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