Managerial Knowledge Sharing: The Role of Individual, Interpersonal, and Organizational Factors

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-41

  Lu, Lin ^a   Leung, Kwok ^b   Koch, Pamela Tremain ^c  

^a Antai School of Management   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 85022645188     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8784.2006.00029.x     Document Type: Article

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