Knowledge Sharing: Effects of Cooperative Type and Reciprocity Level

International Journal of Knowledge Management (IJKM)

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1-16

  Kim, Jaekyung ^a   Lee, Sang M ^a   Olson, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

communities of practice; knowledge sharing; public goods dilemma; simulation; theory of reciprocity

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001544980     PISSN: 15480666     EISSN: 15480658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jkm.2006100101     Document Type: Article

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