Journal of Knowledge Management: Volume 11 Issue 3

Knowledge leadership cycles: an approach from Nonaka's viewpoint

Maria Sarabia

The aim of this paper is to analyse leadership cycles based on knowledge creation, with learning and culture as key elements for reaching leadership. Following Ikujiro Nonaka's…

Informal organizational culture: the foundation of knowledge workers' performance

Pasi Pyöriä

The paper aims to serve as a reminder of the fact that creating a strong atmosphere of trust and longevity in employee relations is ultimately the most robust route to maintaining…

The moderating role of human capital management practices on employee capabilities

Nick Bontis, Alexander Serenko

The purpose of this paper is to suggest and empirically test a model that explains employee capabilities from the knowledge‐based perspective. In this model, human capital…

Strategic alliances and knowledge sharing: synergies or silos?

Julia Connell, Ranjit Voola

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of a relationship marketing orientation within a strategic alliance (referred to as the Alliance) to determine whether…

Communities of practice: a model for their cultivation

Edurne Loyarte, Olga Rivera

This paper proposes defining a methodology of cultivation and integration of communities of practices (CoPs) and to create an evaluation model in organizations.

Applying autopoiesis to knowledge management in organisations

Thomas W. Jackson

Autopoiesis has been applied to many different fields. One area, however, where little work has been done is the application of autopoietic theory to knowledge management. The…

Tacit knowledge sharing, self‐efficacy theory, and application to the Open Source community

Megan Lee Endres, Steven P. Endres, Sanjib K. Chowdhury, Intakhab Alam

The purpose of this paper is to apply the self‐efficacy model to compare knowledge‐sharing activities in the Open Source community versus those in a traditional organization.

Knowledge flow‐based business process redesign: applying a knowledge map to redesign a business process

Keedong Yoo, Euiho Suh, Kyoung‐Yun Kim

The aim of this paper is to suggest a method to redesign business processes from the viewpoint of knowledge flows using a knowledge map.

Testing impact of knowledge characteristics and relationship ties on project performance

Jina Kang

The aim of this paper is to empirically test and find the correlation between knowledge characteristics and relationship ties on project performance.

IT for KM in the management consulting industry

Sung‐kwan Kim, Silvana Trimi

The purpose of the paper is to examine the underlying components of information technology (IT) that support different models of knowledge management (KM).

Achieving best practices transfer across countries

Alexandre Perrin, Nicolas Rolland, Tracy Stanley

This paper seeks to take up the challenges of examining the issues of knowledge transfer in an organization operating across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. The…

The expanding world of knowledge management

Rory L. Chase