Tacit Knowledge: Conceptualizations and Operationalizations

International Journal of Knowledge Management (IJKM)

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 60-73

  Taylor, Hazel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

declarative knowledge; explicit knowledge; implicit learning; procedural knowledge; tacit knowledge; tacit knowledge elictation and transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001555651     PISSN: 15480666     EISSN: 15480658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jkm.2007070104     Document Type: Article

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