To share or not to share? Professional norms, reference groups, and information withholding among life scientists

Authors :: Haas, Martine R.
Park, Sangchan
Source :: Organization Science. July-August, 2010, Vol. 21 Issue 4, p873, 22 p.
Publication Year :: 2010
Abstract: Why do scientists withhold information from colleagues, violating the professional norm of sharing? Norm violations are usually attributed to individual interests that lead scientists to reject professional norms. In contrast, [...]

Subjects :: Company business management
Company systems management
Information accessibility
Scientists -- Information management -- Methods
Organizational learning -- Methods -- Management
Information management -- Methods

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