Journal of Knowledge Management: Volume 22 Issue 7

Absorption, combination and desorption: knowledge-oriented boundary spanning capacities

James Stephen Denford, Allan Ferriss

The purpose of this paper is to theoretically develop and empirically explore knowledge absorption, combination and desorption within and between organizations.

An agential realist perspective on the construction and flow of knowledge: the case of dynamic entanglement and “cuts” within an aircraft engine manufacturing workplace

W. David Holford

This paper aims to show agential realism as the basis for a pertinent framework with regard to the entwined, on-going and interpretative aspects of knowledge.

Knowledge discovery out of text data: a systematic review via text mining

Antonio Usai, Marco Pironti, Monika Mital, Chiraz Aouina Mejri

The aim of this work is to increase awareness of the potential of the technique of text mining to discover knowledge and further promote research collaboration between knowledge…

Tell me if you can: time pressure, prosocial motivation, perspective taking, and knowledge hiding

Miha Škerlavaj, Catherine E. Connelly, Matej Cerne, Anders Dysvik

The belief that knowledge actually expands when it is shared has been deeply rooted in the mainstream knowledge management literature. Although many organizations and managers…

Knowledge retention and age management – senior employees’ experiences in a Swedish multinational company

Ewa Wikström, Ellinor Eriksson, Lejla Karamehmedovic, Roy Liff

The focus of this study is on the knowledge retention process, including knowledge capture, knowledge codification and the internalising of knowledge in organisations – a key…

Analysing and classifying knowledge management publications – a proposed classification scheme

Nora Fteimi, Franz Lehner

The growing number of publications on knowledge management (KM) has addressed heterogeneous topics that lack integration and classification. This article closes the classification…

Organizational resources, KM process capability and strategic flexibility: a dynamic resource-capability perspective

Umesh Kumar Bamel, Nisha Bamel

Strategic flexibility is largely considered a source of competitive advantage, yet strategic flexibility in relation to organizational resources and knowledge management (KM…

Critical areas of knowledge loss when employees leave in the oil and gas industry

Muhammad Saleem Sumbal, Eric Tsui, Ricky Cheong, Eric W.K. See-to

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the critical types of knowledge lost when employees depart companies in the oil and gas field.

Institutional pressure and the implementation of corporate environment practices: examining the mediating role of absorptive capacity

Shubham , Parikshit Charan, L.S. Murty

Contemporary frameworks on institutional theory and corporate environmentalism observe that institutional fields positively influence a firm’s environmental response in the form…

Exploring effective work unit knowledge management (KM): roles of network, task, and KM strategies

Seokwoo Song, Jonghak Sun

This paper aims to explore the potential contribution of inter-unit network structure and intra-unit task environment to the overall knowledge management (KM) effectiveness of an…