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Testing knowledge sharing effectiveness: trust, motivation, leadership style, workplace spirituality and social network embedded model Cover

Testing knowledge sharing effectiveness: trust, motivation, leadership style, workplace spirituality and social network embedded model

Management & Marketing
Volume 10 (2015): Issue 4 (December 2015)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mmcks-2015-0019 | Journal eISSN: 2069-8887 (formerly 1842-0206) | Journal ISSN: 1842-0206
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Language: English
Page range: 284 - 303
Published on: Mar 19, 2016
Published by: Society for Business Excellence
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
Knowledge sharing effectiveness,
higher learning institutions,
trust,
motivation,
leadership style,
workplace spirituality and social network
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Business management,
Marketing, sales, customer relations,
Management, organization, corporate governance,
Business development, change management, cooperation,
Entrepreneurship

© 2016 Muhammad Sabbir Rahman, AAhad M. Osman-Gani, Md. Abdul Momen, Nazrul Islam, published by Society for Business Excellence
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