Journal of Knowledge Management: Volume 23 Issue 3

Creativity from paradoxical experience: a theory of how individuals achieve creativity while adopting paradoxical frames

Goran Calic, Sebastien Hélie, Nick Bontis, Elaine Mosakowski

Extant paradox theory suggests that adopting paradoxical frames, which are mental templates adopted by individuals in order to embrace contradictions, will result in superior firm…

Micro enterprises, self-efficacy and knowledge acquisition: evidence from Greece and Spain

Abel Duarte Alonso, Seng Kok, Nikolaos Sakellarios, Seamus O’Brien

The purpose of this exploratory study is to investigate the significance of self-efficacy and knowledge acquisition among micro businesses operating in challenging economic…

Knowledge-based dynamic capabilities: a joint R&D project in the French semiconductor industry

Kadígia Faccin, Alsones Balestrin, Bibiana Volkmer Martins, Claudia Cristina Bitencourt

The purpose of this study is to identify dynamic capabilities in joint R&D projects, that enable them to successfully achieve knowledge creation and discover how they behave…

Motivation factors of knowledge collaboration in virtual communities of practice: a perspective from system dynamics

Jun Wang, Ruilin Zhang, Jin-Xing Hao, Xuanyi Chen

Although researchers have demonstrated a significant interest in motivation factors of knowledge collaboration, previous studies have seldom explored the dynamic interrelations in…

The relationship between organizational commitment, knowledge transfer and knowledge management maturity

Juliano Martins Ramalho Marques, Jefferson Lopes La Falce, Fernanda Machado Fonseca Ramalho Marques, Cristiana Fernandes De Muylder, Jersone Tasso Moreira Silva

This paper aims to analyse the relationship between the organizational commitment, the knowledge transfer and the knowledge management maturity at a Brazilian public university…

Overcoming knowledge barriers to health care through continuous learning

María Teresa Sánchez-Polo, Juan-Gabriel Cegarra-Navarro, Valentina Cillo, Anthony Wensley

The purpose of this study is to explore the role of continuous learning and the mitigation or elimination of knowledge barriers affecting information technology (IT) assimilation…

Determinants of innovation capability: the roles of transformational leadership, knowledge sharing and perceived organizational support

Phong Ba Le, Hui Lei

The study aims to explore the differences in transformational leadership’s (TL’s) influences on each aspect of innovation capability, namely, product innovation and process…

The mediating role of supply chain collaboration on the relationship between information technology and innovation

Daniel Jimenez-Jimenez, Micaela Martínez-Costa, Cristobal Sanchez Rodriguez

The high level of competition in the globalized business environment forces companies to innovate to remain competitive. Previous literature often cites information technology…

Perspective-varying effects of peripheral knowledge in IT outsourcing: when vendor and client are collated

Seonyoung Shim, Jung Lee, Sojung Kim

This study aims to examine how the role of peripheral knowledge changes along with the perspectives of vendor and client in inter-organizational IT outsourcing. To this end, this…