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Exploring the performance of tacit knowledge: How to make ordinary people deliver extraordinary results in teams

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  • Olaisen, Johan
  • Revang, Oivind

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Our research question is how do we transform individual and collective tacit knowledge into collective, explicit and actionable knowledge in teams?.

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  • Olaisen, Johan & Revang, Oivind, 2018. "Exploring the performance of tacit knowledge: How to make ordinary people deliver extraordinary results in teams," International Journal of Information Management, Elsevier, vol. 43(C), pages 295-304.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ininma:v:43:y:2018:i:c:p:295-304
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2018.08.016
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