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Knowledge sharing, learning engagement and workplace incivility among research scholars: the mediating role of self-esteem Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Aditi Gupta, Apoorva Apoorva, Ranjan Chaudhuri, Demetris Vrontis, Alkis Thrassou
Purpose Over the last two decades, there has been a significant increase in incivility within the higher education sector, potentially due to mounting pressure and demands on academics, both collectively and individually. The effects on various aspects of academia, such as knowledge and learning, however, remain largely unexplored. The purpose of this research is to fill the gap by performing a theoretical
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Corporate reputation and culture: the link between knowledge management and sustainability Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Simona Arduini, Martina Manzo, Tommaso Beck
Purpose This study aims to analyze how sustainability, through an efficient knowledge management (KM) system, can serve as a driving force with respect to corporate culture and reputation. The research questions that guided this study are mainly the following: Are KM and sustainability related? Can culture strengthen the link between KM and sustainability? Can the link between KM and sustainability
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More than one way to get there: a configurational view on performance drivers in knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-08-28 Gustavo Hermínio Salati Marcondes de Moraes, Bruno Fischer, Sergio Salles-Filho, Dirk Meissner, Marina Dabic
Purpose Knowledge-intensive entrepreneurial firms (KIE) strongly rely on scientific and strategic research and development (R&D) capabilities to achieve higher performance levels. Hence, the purpose of this paper is to disentangle the effects of scientific capabilities and strategic R&D on KIE performance; and how the constituent elements of these dimensions can be configured to generate conditions
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Linking supply chain resilience with knowledge management for achieving supply chain performance Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-08-22 Subhodeep Mukherjee, Ramji Nagariya, K. Mathiyazhagan, Veronica Scuotto
Purpose Supply chain (SC) and knowledge management (KM) have been studied; still, there is a need to understand how KM can be used for SC resilience and improving the firm’s performance. The purpose of the paper is to study and analyze SC resilience strategies based on KM processes to enhance SC performance considering six SC strategies: SC reengineering, collaboration, SC innovation, SC integration
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Unleashing corporate potential: the interplay of intellectual capital, knowledge management, and environmental compliance in enhancing innovation and performance Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-08-22 Binh Thi Thanh Truong, Phuong Van Nguyen, Demetris Vrontis, Zafar U. Ahmed
Purpose This paper aims to explore how the three components of intellectual capital (IC) (human, structural and relational) are related to corporate innovation and how effective knowledge management can improve business performance, innovation and environmental compliance. Additionally, the study investigates the influence of environmental compliance on overall business performance. Design/methodology/approach
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Knowledge acquisition from innovation failures: a study of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-08-17 Naman Sreen, Veenu Sharma, Safiya Mukhtar Alshibani, Steve Walsh, Giuseppe Russo
Purpose This study aims to empirically examine the influence of management control systems (MCSs) on knowledge acquisition from innovation failure (KAFIF), which further impacts empowerment, creativity and organizational innovation. This study argues that enabling an MCS positively influences KAFIF, whereas controlling the use of an MCS negatively influences KAFIF. Further, KAFIF positively impacts
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Community dynamics and knowledge production: forty years of research in quantum computing Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-08-15 Olivier Dupouët, Yoann Pitarch, Marie Ferru, Bastien Bernela
Purpose This study aims to explore the interplay between community dynamics and knowledge production using the quantum computing research field as a case study. Quantum computing holds the promise of dramatically increasing computation speed and solving problems that are currently unsolvable in a short space of time. In this highly dynamic area of innovation, computer companies, research laboratories
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The diffusion of recruit knowledge and core technological change in organizations Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-08-15 Amit Jain
Purpose This study aims to develop a model of learning-by-hiring in which knowledge gains may occur at the time of recruitment but also after recruitment when other incumbent organizational members assimilate a recruit’s knowledge. The author’s model predicts that experienced recruits are more likely to catalyze change to their organization’s core technological capabilities. Design/methodology/approach
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The role of AMO HR practices and knowledge sharing in developing a learning organizational culture: evidence from the United Kingdom Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-08-10 M. Muzamil Naqshbandi, Sheik Meeran, Minseo Kim, Farooq Mughal
Purpose This study aims to explore how the three types of human resource (HR) practices, encapsulated in the ability, motivation and opportunity (AMO) model, foster a learning organizational culture (LOC). In doing so, the authors evaluate the centrality of knowledge sharing (KS) in mediating this relationship. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative survey is undertaken to collect data from managers
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Evolutionary motives in employees’ knowledge behavior when being envied at work Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-08-10 Timea David, Hsi-An Shih
Purpose Knowledge transfer is a crucial ingredient of employee innovation, yet affective work events may disrupt knowledge flow among employees. This study aims to investigate a previously overlooked, yet frequently occurring affective work experience, namely, that of being envied, and examine how perceptions of being envied may drive contrastive knowledge behaviors of sharing and hiding, which subsequently
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Learning and knowledge transfer by humans and digital platforms: which tools best support the decision-making process? Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-07-26 Giuseppe Russo, Alberto Manzari, Benedetta Cuozzo, Alessandra Lardo, Francesca Vicentini
Purpose This study aims to investigate the impact of technologies on the knowledge transfer process. In particular, the authors aim to analyze the topic of knowledge brokers and the relationship between broker and digital tools in the knowledge transfer process in the sport context. The study developed, therefore, aims to investigate the creating of this environment for knowledge transfer and knowledge
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Knowledge sharing quality on an enterprise social network: social capital and the moderating effect of being a broker Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-07-24 Bas Reus, Christine Moser, Peter Groenewegen
Purpose The purpose of this study is to show that an important antecedent of perceived knowledge quality is an employee’s position in the organizational network due to their participation in different interest groups. In particular, this study theorizes that brokers establish a network of groups, which increases perceived knowledge quality vis-a-vis the social capital that employees draw on. Desig
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Knowledge management and technological innovation in family SMEs context Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-07-20 Veronica Scuotto, Simona Alfiero, Maria Teresa Cuomo, Filippo Monge
Purpose This paper conceptually aims to discuss the dual role of knowledge management (KM) and technological innovation, which brings about innovations, although it can be limited by psychological and emotional ownership. Design/methodology/approach This study examines the real impact of the paper on KM and technological innovation in family small to medium enterprises (FSMEs). This is a unique context
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Knowledge rejection: a microfoundation-based framework Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-07-18 Nicolle Montgomery, Snejina Michailova, Kenneth Husted
Purpose This study aims to adopt the microfoundation perspective to investigate undesirable knowledge rejection by individuals in organizations in the context of counterproductive knowledge behavior (CKB). The paper advances a conceptual framework of the conditions of knowledge rejection by individuals and their respective knowledge rejection behavior types. Design/methodology/approach This study reviews
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Knowledge management in small and medium enterprises: a systematic literature review, bibliometric analysis, and research agenda Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-07-07 Emerson Ramos Cordeiro, Fernando Henrique Lermen, Cleverson Molinari Mello, Alberto Ferraris, Katarina Valaskova
Purpose Knowledge management effects on business performances are of great importance for companies. Yet, they are still overlooked by current literature. Moreover, the use of methods for bibliometric reviews and content analysis reinforces the need for relevant work on the current state of knowledge management application. To this end, this study aims to identify the main barriers for the application
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General knowledge-sharing and patient engagement in online health communities: an inverted U-shaped relationship Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-07-03 Fanbo Meng, Yixuan Liu, Xiaofei Zhang, Libo Liu
Purpose Effectively engaging patients is critical for the sustainable development of online health communities (OHCs). Although physicians’ general knowledge-sharing, which is free to the public, represents essential resources of OHCs that have been shown to promote patient engagement, little is known about whether such knowledge-sharing can backfire when superfluous knowledge-sharing is perceived
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Knowledge codifiability, common interests and knowledge transfer: the inhibiting role of system dependence under increasing novelty Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-06-28 Chandan Acharya, Pratigya Sigdyal, Divesh Ojha, Pankaj C. Patel, Amandeep Dhir
Purpose This paper aims to address the challenges knowledge actors face when using knowledge codifiability to develop common interests. The challenge is compounded when actors with diverse knowledge domains depend on each other to complete tasks, and, simultaneously, update their knowledge to address novelty in the organizational environment. Design/methodology/approach Given this context, this paper
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Leadership styles and employee creativity: the interactive impact of online knowledge sharing and organizational innovation Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-06-23 Mai Nguyen, Piyush Sharma, Ashish Malik
Purpose This study aims to examine the differences in the impact of three leadership styles (transactional, transformational and creative) on intraorganizational online knowledge-sharing and employee creativity. Specifically, we use self-determination theory (SDT) to examine the impact of these three leadership styles on four aspects of online knowledge sharing (knowledge donating, knowledge collecting
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Source of funding and specialized competences: the impact on the innovative performance of start-ups Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-06-20 Fabrizio Errico, Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli, Umberto Panniello, Angelo Scialpi
Purpose This paper aims to explore the effects of two drivers, namely, the received fundings and its interaction with the specialized competences owned by the managerial board, on the R&D activities performed by start-ups. Design/methodology/approach This paper tests hypotheses on a sample of 405 innovative start-ups established in Italy and registered into the Chamber of Commerce official database
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Knowledge seeking or sabotage? The effect of coworker relative overqualification on employee reaction from social comparison theory Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-06-16 Yanghao Zhu, Lirong Long, Yunpeng Xu, Yannan Zhang
Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the phenomenon of knowledge transfer between employees and coworkers. That is, when and why employees engage in knowledge seeking or knowledge sabotage when confronted with coworkers with higher relative overqualification. Design/methodology/approach This study collected survey data from 315 employee-coworker pairs in East China at three-time points
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Open innovation in SMEs: a dynamic capabilities perspective Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-06-09 Fatima Mohamed Saif Al Nuaimi, Sanjay Kumar Singh, Syed Zamberi Ahmad
Purpose This study aims to examine the relationships between organizational learning capabilities, open innovation and firm performance (FP) in the context of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the emerging economies. Design/methodology/approach Data collected from 384 manufacturing SMEs operating across the seven emirates of the UAE were statistically analyzed using SmartPLS 3 to examine the hypotheses
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Revisiting the idea of knowledge-based dynamic capabilities for digital transformation Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-06-08 Gioconda Mele, Guido Capaldo, Giustina Secundo, Vincenzo Corvello
Purpose In the landscape created by digital transformation, developing the ability to adapt and innovate by absorbing and generating new knowledge has become a strategic priority for organizations. The theory of dynamic capabilities, especially from a knowledge-based perspective, has proven particularly useful in studying the phenomena of transformation and change. Moving from this premise, this paper
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Determinants of BPMS use for knowledge management Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-06-07 Alicia Martín-Navarro, María Paula Lechuga Sancho, Jose Aurelio Medina-Garrido
Purpose Companies are increasingly implementing business process management systems (BPMSs) to support their processes. However, there is a gap in the literature regarding whether users also use BPMSs to manage the knowledge needed for processes to be completed. This study aims to analyze the factors that cause users to use BPMSs to manage the knowledge required in business processes. Design/methodology/approach
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Enhancing knowledge brokerage drivers for dynamic capabilities: the effects on sustainable supply chain ecosystem Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-06-08 Monica Fait, Rosa Palladino, Francesco Saverio Mennini, Domenico Graziano, Martina Manzo
Purpose Sustainable development involves companies on an individual, organizational and social level requiring the adoption of business models or innovations capable of privileging the co-creation of mutual value with a view to sustainability. From an organizational perspective, this paper aims to show that knowledge brokers, by making explicit their roles as mediators of interactions and acting on
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Is training a green innovation driver? The mediating role of knowledge acquisition Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-06-05 María Isabel Barba-Aragón, Daniel Jiménez-Jiménez
Purpose The purpose of this study is to contribute to empirical research on green innovation drivers. This paper analyzes the relationships between training, knowledge acquisition, green innovation and firm performance. Design/methodology/approach The analysis is carried out on a sample of 373 Spanish companies from a wide variety of sectors. This research has used the partial least squares (PLS) model
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Digital entrepreneurship: towards a knowledge management perspective Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-06-02 Weiwei Liu, Yuqi Liu, Xiaoyu Zhu, Pantaleone Nespoli, Francesca Profita, Lei Huang, Yimeng Xu
Purpose This study aims to present the critical role of knowledge management in digital entrepreneurship by reviewing the literature and proposing future research directions for digital entrepreneurship and knowledge management through an interdisciplinary framework. Design/methodology/approach This study uses the Derwent Data Analyzer to identify and visualise the extant studies on digital entrepreneurship
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Knowledge sharing and theory of planned behavior: a bibliometric analysis Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-05-25 Muhammad Ashraf Fauzi, Mai Nguyen, Ashish Malik
Purpose The purpose of this study is to review the role of knowledge-sharing and its association with the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). TPB is the most used theory in understanding knowledge-sharing behavior in many contexts. Design/methodology/approach Based on the bibliometric approach, this study extracted and analyzed 229 journal articles on the Web of Science. In addition, two analyses (bibliographic
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Retaining talent in knowledge-intensive services: enhancing employee engagement through human resource, knowledge and change management Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-05-25 Dorothea Kossyva, Georgios Theriou, Vassilis Aggelidis, Lazaros Sarigiannidis
Purpose This study aims to explore talent retention in knowledge-intensive industries by investigating the mediating processes between the existence and application of human resource management (HRM) and employee turnover. Toward this end, drawing on the conservation of resources and job demands–resources theories, a three-dimensional model is examined, which includes the relationship between HRM,
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Solving task management conflict in hotel establishments through knowledge management tools: effects on innovation capabilities Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-05-19 Mario J. Donate, Fátima Guadamillas, Miguel González-Mohíno
Purpose This paper aims to analyze factors based on organizational knowledge management (KM; transactional memory systems and knowledge-oriented leadership [K-OL]) that help firms to mitigate conflicts based on task management at work, with the aim to improve their innovation capabilities (IC). The knowledge-based view of the firm, conflict management theory and cognitive collective engagement theory
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Paradoxical leadership and employee creativity: knowledge sharing and hiding as mediators Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-05-22 N. Chitra Devi
Purpose This study aims to explore the mediating role played by the contradictory behaviour of knowledge sharing and knowledge hiding in the relationship between paradoxical leadership and employee creativity. Design/methodology/approach A survey was conducted with 276 employees working in information technology firms in India. “To assess the relationship between the constructs, single and parallel
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Knowledge development in non-fungible tokens (NFT): a scoping review Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-05-19 Abhishek Behl, Vijay Pereira, Achint Nigam, Samuel Wamba, Rahul Sindhwani
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the potential of NFTs in revolutionizing innovation management and information systems. Innovations done by firms are blatantly used by other firms to develop cheap knock-off. This leads to huge economic loses to the firm investing in research and development activities. Firms are in need of trusted, immutable and verifiable means of storing information
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Exploring knowledge management enablers for blockchain-enabled food supply chain implementations Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-05-10 Chi Minh Pham, Sachithra Lokuge, Thuy Nguyen, Arthur Adamopoulos
Purpose With the advent of new technologies, the integration of blockchain-enabled food supply chain (FSC) implementations is on the rise. Considering the multilateral, comprehensive and complex nature of the whole blockchain-enabled FSC implementation process, understanding knowledge management (KM) practices will add value. Prior literature shows that only a few studies have focused on this topic
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A knowledge-based perspective on the professionalization of SMEs: a systematic literature review and future research directions Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-05-09 Stefania Mariano
Purpose This paper aims to provide a synthesis of theoretical and empirical work related to the professionalization of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from a knowledge-based perspective. Design/methodology/approach A systematic literature review consisting of three major steps of planning, conducting and reporting is conducted. Papers are identified, selected and deductively coded. Quantitative
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A taxonomy of competition-based approaches as innovation policy measures to foster external knowledge search Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-04-28 Paolo Landoni, Simone Franzò, Davide Viglialoro, Alessandro Laspia, Roberto Verganti
Purpose This paper aims to provide a comprehensive view of the different competition-based approaches that policymakers can exploit to foster external knowledge search and their positioning among innovation policy measures. A growing number of companies have implemented initiatives to access external knowledge to increase their innovativeness, consistently with the open innovation paradigm. Competition-based
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Impact of digital leadership on open innovation: a moderating serial mediation model Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-04-25 Tasneem Fatima, Afshan Masood
Purpose This study aims to examine the relevant but overlooked intervening role of knowledge sharing and innovation capability between digital leadership and open innovation. This study hypothesizes that top management knowledge value (TMKV) can strengthen the relationship between digital leadership and knowledge sharing. In line with the resource- and knowledge-based views, the serial mediation model
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Supporting the implementation of AI in business communication: the role of knowledge management Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-04-25 Lea Iaia, Chiara Nespoli, Francesca Vicentini, Marco Pironti, Cinzia Genovino
Purpose Although the use of artificial intelligence (AI) has been estimated to be up to 56% in the last decade, the adoption rate of AI for communication activities is still low. The lack of in-depth literature on the subject, and the limited sharing of the experience gained by companies, limits the creation, dissemination and consolidation of understanding in this area. The purpose of this study is
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Do human capital and relational capital influence knowledge-intensive firm competitiveness? The roles of export orientation and marketing knowledge capability Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-04-24 Majid Mohammad Shafiee, Merrill Warkentin, Setare Motamed
Purpose This study aims to investigate the key roles of human and relational capital in the export orientation and competitiveness of knowledge-intensive cooperative companies. It is also aimed to examine the moderating role of marketing knowledge capabilities. Design/methodology/approach Data from 552 managers at 86 companies, selected from knowledge-intensive export cooperatives, were analyzed with
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How intrafirm collaboration network influences a firm’s new knowledge search? Longitudinal evidence from the US biotechnology industry Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-04-14 Ding Nan
Purpose This study aims to reveal the contribution mechanism of various types of intrafirm networks formed among inventors to firms’ searching for new knowledge. This study also intends to show how this mechanism is influenced by the geographic dispersion of inventors and the external alliance of firms. Design/methodology/approach This study develops an analytical framework building on social network
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Unveiling heterogenous knowledge-oriented leadership and knowledge acquisition based hybrid work agility of knowledge workers Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-04-11 Puja Khatri, Harshleen Kaur Duggal, Sumedha Dutta, Preeti Kumari, Asha Thomas, Tatyana Brod, Letizia Colimoro
Purpose With new hybrid working models in place post COVID-19, it is requisite that knowledge workers (KWs) stay agile. Knowledge-oriented leadership (KOL) can help employees with essential knowledge acquisition (KA) facilitating the journey toward hybrid work agility (HWA). This study, thus, aims to explore the impact of KOL and KA on HWA and reveal whether this effect stems uniformly from a single
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The human capital management perspective on quiet quitting: recommendations for employees, managers, and national policymakers Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-04-07 Alexander Serenko
Purpose The purpose of this Real Impact Viewpoint Article is to analyze the quiet quitting phenomenon from the human capital management perspective. Design/methodology/approach The methods comprise the analysis of 672 TikTok comments, the use of secondary data and literature review. Findings Quiet quitting is a mindset in which employees deliberately limit work activities to their job description,
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Sustainability performance in firms located in a science and technology park: the influence of knowledge sources and absorptive capacity Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-03-31 Beatriz Forés, José María Fernández-Yáñez
Purpose The purpose of this study is to identify how firms' sustainability performance is affected by external knowledge sources and absorptive capacity, accounting for the influence of being located in a science and technology park (STP). Design/methodology/approach Drawing on data from the Spanish Technological Innovation Panel, the authors estimate the determinants of sustainability performance
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Advancing beyond technicism when managing big data in companies’ decision-making Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-03-24 Francesco Caputo, Barbara Keller, Michael Möhring, Luca Carrubbo, Rainer Schmidt
Purpose In recognising the key role of business intelligence and big data analytics in influencing companies’ decision-making processes, this paper aims to codify the main phases through which companies can approach, develop and manage big data analytics. Design/methodology/approach By adopting a research strategy based on case studies, this paper depicts the main phases and challenges that companies
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The challenging meet between human and artificial knowledge. A systems-based view of its influences on firms-customers interaction Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-03-14 Marialuisa Saviano, Marzia Del Prete, Jens Mueller, Francesco Caputo
Purpose This paper aims to recall the attention on a key challenge for customer relationship management related to the role of human agents in the management of the “switch point” for ensuring the effectiveness and efficiency in a customer-machine conversation. Design/methodology/approach This study contributes to the discussion about the firms’ approach to artificial intelligence (AI) in frontline
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Unraveling the relationship between workplace dignity and employees’ tacit knowledge sharing: the role of proactive motivation Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-03-16 Amjad Iqbal, Tahira Nazir, Muhammad Shakil Ahmad
Purpose Drawing on social exchange theory (SET) and proactive motivation model, this study aims to examine the relationship between workplace dignity and employees’ tacit knowledge sharing (TKS) and assess the mediating role of psychological safety and organizational identification in this relationship. Design/methodology/approach Data are collected in the three waves from 307 first-line supervisors
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Open data-set identifier for open innovation and knowledge management Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-03-10 Marta Ortiz-de-Urbina-Criado, Alberto Abella, Diego García-Luna
Purpose This paper aims to highlight the importance of open data and the role that knowledge management and open innovation can play in its identification and use. Open data has great potential to create social and economic value, but its main problem is that it is often not easily reusable. The aim of this paper is to propose a unique identifier for open data-sets that would facilitate search and
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Knowing what you don’t know: a tertiary study on knowledge management Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-03-07 Roberto Cerchione, Piera Centobelli, Eugenio Oropallo, Domitilla Magni, Elena Borin
Purpose This paper aims to conduct a tertiary review to analyse the state of the art of literature reviews on knowledge management (KM) published in academic journals and provide an overview of their evolution. From 2000 to 2022, about 500 reviews have been published in the KM field, with most systematic studies compared to bibliometric or meta-analytic studies, and an absence of previous tertiary
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How strategic knowledge hiding drives competitive individuals to establish research superiority: a case in UK Business Schools Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-03-01 Ashmiza Mahamed Ismail, Christine Elizabeth Welch
Purpose Why and when people working in organisations hide their knowledge has received considerable academic attention. However, little attention has been paid to knowledge hiding in academia itself, even though universities are known as places where knowledge is shared. This study aims to consider the dilemma faced by academics when undertaking research work: should they share or hide what they are
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Exploring empowerment as an enabler of effective knowledge management Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-03-01 Mustafa Ozpamuk, Gulin Idil Bolatan, Hans VanDerSchaaf, Tugrul Daim
Purpose This study aims to investigate the degree to which trust influences job satisfaction and job performance by building on research in the organizational sciences about the relationships between interpersonal trust relationships, cognitive empowerment, job performance and job satisfaction. This study's primary research question is: What factors contribute to job satisfaction and job performance
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The interplay between corporate social responsibility and knowledge management strategies for innovation capability development in dynamic environments Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-02-28 M. Isabel González-Ramos, Mario J. Donate, Fátima Guadamillas
Purpose This paper aims to analyze unexplored connections between economic, environmental and social dimensions of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and knowledge management (KM) strategies (exploration, exploitation), also considering environmental dynamism as an influencing variable on these connections. The predicted CSR-KM interplay suggests, from stakeholder and knowledge-based views of the
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Organisational learning and sustainable tourism: the enabling role of digital transformation Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-02-28 Sarah Schönherr, Robert Eller, Andreas Kallmuenzer, Mike Peters
Purpose Organisational learning drives tourism organisations towards more sustainable tourism. Digital transformation also provides opportunities for sustainable tourism development. This study aims to combine these perspectives and explore how digital transformation enables organisational learning to contribute to sustainable tourism, following organisational learning theory (OLT). Design/methodology/approach
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Knowledge transfer from and within digital incubators: does the context of entrepreneurship matter? The case of women entrepreneurs in France Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-02-28 Séverine Lemaire, Bertrand Gael, Gloria Haddad, Meriam Razgallah, Adnane Maalaoui, Federica Cavallo
Purpose This paper aims to refer to the knowledge transfer of entrepreneurial skills between digital incubators and nascent entrepreneurs. It questions the role of the context and of the richness of the ecosystems in which these women evolve, as defined by Welter and Baker (2021) on such an attempt. Design/methodology/approach This research is based on a qualitative study that refers to case studies
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Knowledge assets, innovation ambidexterity and firm performance in knowledge-intensive companies Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-02-28 Kaveh Asiaei, Nick Bontis, Mohammad Reza Askari, Mehdi Yaghoubi, Omid Barani
Purpose This study aims to build upon resource orchestration theory to theorize and empirically test a model that demonstrates how knowledge assets and innovation ambidexterity trigger a synergy in favor of firm performance. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on a survey of 158 Iranian knowledge-intensive companies, this study uses the partial least squares based on structural equation modeling to
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The influence of the two-tier network of a regional innovation system on knowledge emergence Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-02-28 Yi Su, Yuehan Yan
Purpose This paper aims to focus on the characteristics of a two-tier network featuring internal subject cooperation and external embedded cooperation in the context of regional innovation systems (RISs) and explore the influence of network characteristics on knowledge emergence. Design/methodology/approach Using social network analysis, a two-tier internal and external cooperation network of a RIS
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The differential effect of learning from others on creative performance over individual tenure: empirical evidence from open innovation communities Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-02-28 Jifeng Ma, Yaobin Lu, Jing Tang
Purpose This study aims to explore how and when learning from others promotes creative performance over the contributor’s tenure in the context of open innovation communities. Design/methodology/approach The authors analyze a publicly available data set that includes 25,923 innovative items developed by 2,194 contributors from an open innovation community of an online game spanning eight years. Logistic
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The impact of gender diversity on corporate social responsibility knowledge: empirical analysis in European context Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-02-17 Paola Paoloni, Rosa Lombardi, Salvatore Principale
Purpose The Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated social risks around the world, highlighting inequalities and eroding social cohesion in and between nations. The challenges posed by this global crisis to world governments can be overcome with cooperation between the public and private sectors. Several studies support the importance of external corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities in sharing
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How work-family conflict affects knowledge workers' innovative behavior: a spillover-crossover-spillover model of dual-career couples Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-02-17 Jiayi Song, Hao Jiao, Canhao Wang
Purpose Innovative behavior is a microfoundation of an organization’s innovation. Knowledge workers are the main creators of innovations. With the boundaries between work and family becoming increasingly ambiguous, the purpose of this study is to explore how the work–family conflict affects knowledge workers’ innovative behavior and when such a conflict arises. Design/methodology/approach To test the
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Integrating knowledge management and orientation dynamics for organization transition from eco-innovation to circular economy Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-02-14 Shajara Ul-Durar, Usama Awan, Arup Varma, Saim Memon, Anne-Laure Mention
Purpose This study focuses on establishing relations with some important but underestimated elements of knowledge dynamics and firm orientations to characterize organizational circular economy activities through eco-innovation (EIN). The advent of the circular economy (CE) in this post-pandemic era has brought unpredictable sustainable challenges for the manufacturing industries. This research paper
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How does IT capability affect knowledge acquisition in the presence of a dominant supplier? Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-02-13 Shuang Ma, Dahui Li, Yonggui Wang, Myat Su Han
Purpose This study aims to examine how three types of information technology (IT) capability (supplier technological capability, customer technology-sensing capability and relatedness of IT infrastructure) facilitate knowledge acquisition by the customer when the supplier is dominant in the supplier-customer relationship. Design/methodology/approach The unit of analysis was project. The authors designed
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Green project management practices, green knowledge acquisition and sustainable competitive advantage: empirical evidence Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-02-08 Mehwish Malik, Murad Ali, Hengky Latan, Charbel Jose Chiappetta Jabbour
Purpose This study aims to envisage the impact of green project management (GPM) practices on sustainable competitive advantage (SCA). Moreover, this study also accessed the mediating role of green knowledge acquisition (GKA) as a mechanism between GPM and SCA. Design/methodology/approach Using a quantitative field survey, the data were collected from the multi-sector manufacturing enterprises (n =
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Interrelationship between strategic factors, technology and organizational learning: a systematic literature review Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 8.689) Pub Date : 2023-02-03 Kushagra Sharan, Deepak Dhayanithy, Deepa Sethi
Purpose This paper aims to examine the relationship between organizational learning (OL) and technology through the lens of strategic factors and to ascertain future research directions. Design/methodology/approach The systematic literature review method was applied in three stages to the 76 articles obtained from Scopus, Web of Science, Google Scholar and EBSCO databases. Findings This research revealed