Knowing as semiosis: Steps towards a reconceptualization of ‘tacit knowledge’

Organizations as Knowledge Systems: Knowledge, Learning and Dynamic Capabilities

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 86-105

  Gourlay, Stephen ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1057/9780230524545_5     Document Type: Chapter

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