Journal of Knowledge Management: Volume 24 Issue 1

Guest editorial

Emanuel Gomes, Miguel Pina e Cunha, David B. Zoogah, Geoffrey Wood, Peter Ping Li

Paradoxes and partnerships: a study of knowledge exploration and exploitation in international development programmes

John Lannon, John N. Walsh

This paper aims to look at how organisational partnerships balance knowledge exploration and exploitation in contexts that are rife with paradoxes. It draws on paradox theory to…

Challenges and progress in integrating knowledge: cases from clothing and textiles in South Africa

Geoffrey Wood, Christine Bischoff

The central purpose of this paper is to explore how implicit knowledge capabilities and sharing helps secure organizational survival and success. This article explores the…

The paradox of roots and wings: labor mobility between local firms and MNEs in North Africa

Fawzi Tigharsi, Abderaouf Bouguerra, Ismail Golgeci, Yasin Rofcanin

The purpose of this study is to explore employees’ knowledge- and learning-related experiences in moving between local firms and multinational enterprises (MNEs) and to examine…

Knowledge management competences, exporting and productivity: uncovering African paradoxes

Ferran Vendrell-Herrero, Christian K. Darko, Pervez Ghauri

This study aims to investigate the importance of relational and conditional knowledge by assessing how service and signaling competences affect manufacturing firms’ productivity…

Awakening the Ubuntu episteme to embrace knowledge management in Africa

Florence Nansubuga, John C. Munene

The knowledge management (KM) models in the African organisations are influenced by the interplay between human agents from diverse societies whose experiences, values, contextual…