Organizational learning and forgetting: The effects of turnover and structure

European Management Review - Tập 3 Số 2 - Trang 77-85 - 2006
Rukmini Devadas Rao1, Linda Argote2
1IBM Global Service, User-Centered Design Services, IBM 903/3E-021, Austin, TX, USA
2Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

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