A Critical Decision Interview Approach to Capturing Tacit Knowledge: Principles and Application

International Journal of Knowledge Management (IJKM)

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 25-39

  Taylor, Hazel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

critical decision interview method; IS project risk management; knowledge acquisition; qualitative research; tacit knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001799341     PISSN: 15480666     EISSN: 15480658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jkm.2005070102     Document Type: Article

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