ABSTRACT

This study provides a comprehensive review of the knowledge-hiding field based on objective measures of impact. Research on knowledge hiding has grown in recent years, resulting in a body of literature that now includes 103 articles specifically discussing knowledge hiding and/or knowledge withholding in organisations. Our study presents a quantitative review of these studies using a combination of three bibliometric techniques: document co-citation analysis, co-word analysis and bibliographic coupling. We present an overview of the past, present, and proposed future of knowledge-hiding research. Our bibliometric review enables us to identify the most influential topics, determine the underlying structure and theoretical foundations of the field, and detect emerging topics. The theoretical and methodological implications of our work suggest the emergence of new sub-fields and future opportunities for connections with other streams of knowledge-management research.

摘要

本研究基于影响的客观衡量标准，对知识隐藏领域进行了全面审查。近年来，关于知识隐藏的研究有所增长，产生了大量文献，现在包括 103 篇专门讨论组织中的知识隐藏和/或知识保留的文章。我们的研究结合使用三种文献计量技术对这些研究进行了定量回顾：文献共引分析、共词分析和书目耦合。我们概述了知识隐藏研究的过去、现在和未来。我们的文献计量审查使我们能够确定最具影响力的主题，确定该领域的基本结构和理论基础，并发现新兴主题。