Toward a Receiver-Based Theory of Knowledge Sharing

International Journal of Knowledge Management (IJKM)

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-40

  Lichtenstein, Sharman ^a   Hunter, Alexia ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

knowledge sharing; receiver; sharer

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001720362     PISSN: 15480666     EISSN: 15480658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jkm.2006010103     Document Type: Article

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