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Acceptance of technology and services

Knowledge-sharing motivations affecting R&D employees' acceptance of electronic knowledge repository

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Pages 213-230 | Received 07 Dec 2009, Accepted 30 Nov 2010, Published online: 18 Feb 2011

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