Comparing Cultural and Political Perspectives of Data, Information, and Knowledge Sharing in Organisations

International Journal of Knowledge Management (IJKM)

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1-15

  Hart, Dennis ^a   Warne, Leoni ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

culture; hierarchy; information sharing; knowledge management; knowledge sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001784609     PISSN: 15480666     EISSN: 15480658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jkm.2006040101     Document Type: Article

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