Critical human factor evaluation of knowledge sharing intention in Taiwanese enterprises

Human Factors and Ergonomics In Manufacturing

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 95-106

  Chen, Cheng Wu ^a   Chang, Min Li ^b   Tseng, Chun Pin ^c   Chen, Bo Chen ^d   Chang, Yevvon Yi Chi ^d  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c CHUNG SHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Human factor; Knowledge management (KM); Knowledge sharing; Small and medium enterprises (SMEs); Taiwanese enterprises

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ENGINEERING; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MOTIVATION;

BUSINESS MANAGERS; CRITICAL FACTORS; EVALUATION OF KNOWLEDGE; GROUP-BASED; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; RELATION-BASED; RESEARCH RESULTS; SHARE KNOWLEDGE; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE; TAIWANESE ENTERPRISE;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 85027942495     PISSN: 10908471     EISSN: 15206564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hfm.20300     Document Type: Article

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