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

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|Mar 2016

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mmcks-2015-0019 | Journal eISSN: 2069-8887 | Journal ISSN: 1842-0206
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