Managing knowledge work: Specialization and collaboration of engineering problem-solving

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 53-63

  Kim, Jeffrey ^a   King, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 84993012305     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: 17587484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270410529109     Document Type: Article

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