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Managerial values and sustainable oriented innovation: Examining the role of knowledge exploration versus exploitation practices Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-18 Arpita Agnihotri, Saurabh Bhattacharya, Demetris Vrontis, Filippo Monge
Purpose Leveraging upper echelon theory and knowledge-based view of the firm, this paper aims to explore how chief executive officers’ (CEO) sustainability orientation influences explorative and exploitative knowledge management practices, which in turn influence incremental and radical sustainable innovation under boundary conditions of CEOs’ temporal focus and regional affiliation in the home country
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Knowledge extraction by integrating emojis with text from online reviews Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-19 Kuoyi Lin, Xiaoyang Kan, Meilian Liu
Purpose This study develops and validates an innovative approach for extracting knowledge from online user reviews by integrating textual content and emojis. Recognizing the pivotal role emojis play in enhancing the expressiveness and emotional depth of digital communication, this study aims to address the significant gap in existing sentiment analysis models, which have largely overlooked the contribution
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A meta-analysis of international experience and performance: exploring the role of global mobility and national sentiments Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-16 Di Fan, Sihong Wu, Yiyi Su, Vikas Kumar
Purpose International experience has long been recognized as a crucial determinant for firms’ knowledge management in the existing literature. However, within a global context, the relationship between international experience and the performance of multinational enterprises is intricate and remains ambiguous. While the impact of people mobility has been extensively studied, limited understanding exists
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Technostress and disengagement from knowledge sharing: insights from pre-pandemic and mid-pandemic data sets Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-16 Monalisa Mahapatra, Dianne P. Ford
Purpose This study aims to examine a common failure in knowledge sharing, called disengagement from knowledge sharing (DKS), and investigates how technostress may contribute to this unintentional withholding of knowledge for knowledge workers. The authors apply the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model to explain the dual path of technostress creators and inhibitors on DKS via burnout and job engagement
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Digital product development team external knowledge processes and ambidexterity: a multi-mediation analysis of the absorptive capacity framework Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-26 Trihadi Pudiawan Erhan, Arnold Japutra, Sebastiaan Van Doorn
Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the mechanisms of absorptive capacity (ACAP) in the specific context of digital product development teams. More precisely, it explores the process of internalizing and utilizing external knowledge from sources outside the team to promote the development of innovative ambidexterity. Design/methodology/approach The study employs the ACAP framework and directs
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Knowledge management is no more a gray area in the tourism industry in India – a study on transformation leadership and executive communication Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-26 Anchal Luthra, Vikas Arya, Shivani Dixit, Hiran Roy, Pasquale Sasso
Purpose Considering the important role of knowledge management in the global growth of world economies, the importance of knowledge management in the tourism industry can hardly be overestimated. Knowledge management, empowering leadership and innovation can open new research prospects for online travel and tourism, thereby increasing organizational capacity. In this context, this study aims to investigate
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Knowledge management of MNCs in the post-COVID era: the role of cultural intelligence and knowledge-oriented leadership Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-18 Ying Zhang, Puzhen Xiong, Shiyu Rong, Mark Frost, Wei Zhou
Purpose This study aims to investigate the mechanism of knowledge management within multinationals during the post COVID-19 era, with particular consideration given to the relationship between the cultural intelligence of top managers and knowledge-oriented leadership using fear of COVID-19 as a moderating factor. Design/methodology/approach Derived from upper echelons’ theory and research on knowledge
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Crowdsourcing-based social linkage and organizational innovation competence: knowledge transfer effectiveness and absorptive capacity as serial mediators Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-07 Divya Mishra, Nidhi Maheshwari
Purpose The purpose of this research is to examine the impact of crowdsourcing-based social connections on the development of innovation competence (IC). The conflicting results in existing studies regarding the influence of crowdsourcing-based social linkage on IC necessitate a thorough investigation into this relationship. Design/methodology/approach The research uses a sample of 300 senior managers
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Designing a collaborative product development process from a knowledge management perspective Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-04 Abla Chaouni Benabdellah, Kamar Zekhnini, Surajit Bag, Shivam Gupta, Ana Beatriz Lopes de Sousa Jabbour
Purpose This study aims to propose a collaborative knowledge-based ontological research model for designing a collaborative product development process (PDP) while considering different design for X techniques. Design/methodology/approach This study follows a thematic literature analysis to identify the key design concepts needed to assess environmental, service, safety, manufacture and assembly, supply
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Intra-organizational knowledge sharing, ambidexterity and firm performance: evaluating the role of knowledge quality Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-30 Aleksandra Dzenopoljac, Vladimir Dzenopoljac, Shahnawaz Muhammed, Oualid Abidi, Sascha Kraus
Purpose This study aims to examine how knowledge sharing contributes to organizations’ ambidexterity, their overall performance and the role of knowledge quality in this relationship. Knowledge sharing is conceptualized based on tacit and explicit dimensions, and ambidexterity is viewed as comprising exploitative and explorative capabilities. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a cross-sectional
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Linking digital transformational leadership, symmetrical internal communication with innovation capability: a moderated mediation model Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-21 Shubh Majumdarr, Shilpee A. Dasgupta, Yusuf Hassan, Abhishek Behl, Vijay Pereira
Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between digital transformational leadership (DTL) and innovation capability (IIC) in multinational (MNC) firms’ settings. The current study emphasises the mediating-moderating impact of symmetrical internal communication (SIC) and trust in leadership (TIL) in further shaping this relationship. Design/methodology/approach The researchers
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Small talk and knowledge sharing: a moderated dual-facilitating pathway model based on interpersonal trust and perceived similarity Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Yunyun Yuan, Pingqing Liu, Bin Liu, Zunkang Cui
Purpose This study aims to investigate how small talk interaction affects knowledge sharing, examining the mediating role of interpersonal trust (affect- and cognition-based trust) and the moderating role of perceived similarity among the mechanisms of small talk and knowledge sharing. Design/methodology/approach This research conducts complementary studies and collects multi-culture and multi-wave
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Negative rivalry in use: toward a knowledge-sharing perspective in the digital economy era Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Xiaowei Yang, Haoyun Zhang, Zhiyong Huang
Purpose This study aims to introduce and prove the existence of negative rivalry in use, which should be an integral part of goods taxonomy, from the perspective of knowledge sharing and further present the critical role of knowledge sharing in the digital economy era by reviewing the literature, theoretical analysis and real-world cases. It also aims to open a new door for re-recognizing knowledge
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Knowledge sharing between project creators and backers in rewards-based crowdfunding Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Arvind Malhotra, Gordon Burtch, Jonathan Wareham
Purpose In the context of rewards-based crowdfunding, this study aims to examine the role of project backers as providers of knowledge inputs beyond just financial capital. Design/methodology/approach This study uses binomial regression to study the relationship between project creators’ and backers’ knowledge sharing, and the relationship of these two knowledge-sharing elements with achieving above-goal
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The challenges in integrating ESG factors into banks’ credit department: a knowledge management enhanced framework Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-10 Marialuisa Saviano, Giuseppe Russo, Massimiliano Farina Briamonte, Loris Di Nallo
Purpose Assuming that knowledge management is a pivotal issue in business to improve and maintain competitive advantages, this paper aims to investigate how knowledge management is useful to face challenges about the integration of environment, social and governance (ESG) factors, filling the gap in the literature regarding knowledge management and ESG in the banking world by considering a real case
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Mapping research on knowledge management in family firms: a bibliometric analysis Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-10 Paolo Capolupo
Purpose Given the growing interest in the topic of knowledge management (KM) in family firms (FFs) and the subsequent increasing number of papers published, this study aims to review the field to identify and analyze the main themes and trends. Design/methodology/approach This study applies bibliometric techniques to a sample of 146 papers published from 2007 to 2023 and their 8,126 unique cited references
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Formation of structural holes in R&D context: the effect of inventors’ knowledge abilities and patenting output Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-07 Yalan Wang, Chengjun Wang, Wei Wang, Xiaoming Sun
Purpose This study aims to investigate the influence of inventors’ abilities to acquire external knowledge, provide broad and professional knowledge and patenting output (i.e. different types of inventors) on the formation of structural holes. Design/methodology/approach The authors collected 59,798 patents applied for and granted in the USA by 33 of the largest firms worldwide in the pharmaceutical
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The impact of knowledge sharing on employee engagement through the mediating role of competency development and moderating role of social climate Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-06 Mohammad Faraz Naim, Nazia Shehzad, Moza Tahnoon Al Nahyan, Fauzia Jabeen, Antonio Usai
Purpose This study aims to test the relationship between knowledge sharing and employee engagement. In particular, the mediating and moderating roles of competency development and social climate, respectively, are also the focus of this research. Design/methodology/approach Of self-completed questionnaires collected from luxury hotels in India, 507 are usable for data analysis. The structural equation
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Leaders’ knowledge systems in strategizing communication in high-uncertain and low-uncertain crises: balancing operational and relational outcomes Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-30 Anjali Bansal, C. Lakshman, Marco Romano, Shivinder Nijjer, Rekha Attri
Purpose Research on leaders’ knowledge management systems focuses exclusively on how leaders gather and disseminate knowledge in collaboration with external actors. Not much is known about how leaders address the psychological aspects of employees and strategize internal communication. In addition, while previous work has treated high uncertainty as a default feature of crisis, this study aims to propose
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Ego–network stability or ego–network expansion? The effects of ego–network dynamics on recombinant innovation under heterogeneous knowledge base Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-30 Jianyu Zhao, Cheng Fu
Purpose This paper aims to investigate the antecedents of recombinant innovation from the perspective of ego–network dynamics, and further disentangle whether ego–network stability or ego–network expansion is more conducive to recombinant innovation under heterogeneous knowledge base. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses 1,801 patent data in China’s biotechnology field as a sample and adopts
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The impact of potential and realized absorptive capacity on open innovation: the moderating role of knowledge-oriented leadership Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-30 Rodrigo Valio Dominguez Gonzalez
Purpose This study aims to analyze the effects of the components of absorptive capacity (ACAP) – potential absorptive capacity (PACAP) and realized absorptive capacity (RACAP) on inbound and outbound open innovation (OI). In addition, this study investigates the moderating role that knowledge-oriented leadership (KOL) plays in the relationship between ACAP and OI. Design/methodology/approach This research
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Interlinking networking capabilities, knowledge worker productivity, and digital innovation: a critical nexus for sustainable performance in small and medium enterprises Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Adeel Tariq, Muhammad Saleem Ullah Khan Sumbal, Marina Dabic, Muhammad Mustafa Raziq, Marko Torkkeli
Purpose As sustainable performance has a central role in the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) performance literature, this study aims to examine the influence of networking capabilities in enhancing sustainable performance through knowledge workers’ productivity and digital innovation. It also examines the sequential mediating role of knowledge workers’ productivity and digital innovation on networking
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Dynamic relationship between workplace friendship and knowledge-sharing behavior: formation, development and decline Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Yanling Wang, Qin Lin, Shihan Zhang, Nannan Chen
Purpose The purpose of this study is to empirically examine the cause–effect relationships between workplace friendship and knowledge-sharing behavior, from a static perspective. Furthermore, it investigates the bi-directional relationship between the increase in both workplace friendship and knowledge-sharing behavior over same time periods, and also endeavors to identify whether there is a significant
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Knowledge sharing behavior of service sector’s employees to attain sustainable development goals Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Vibha Mahajan, Jyoti Sharma, Abhilasha Singh, Stefano Bresciani, Gazi Mahabubul Alam
Purpose The purpose of this study is to get an understanding regarding the clusters of middle management employees on the basis of their knowledge sharing behaviour. Designing knowledge sharing behaviors with a distinct focus for a specified group of employees can be an effective and productive one. As it is often argued that the cluster of employees labeled as “middle management” is the key player
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Organizational psychological ownership and innovative work behavior: the roles of coexisting knowledge sharing and hiding across organizational contexts Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Jin-Xing Hao, Zhiqiang Chen, Minhas Mahsud, Yan Yu
Purpose Drawing upon psychological ownership theory, the aim of this study was to uncover the coexisting mediating effects of knowledge sharing and hiding on the relationship between employees’ organizational psychological ownership (OPO) and their innovative work behavior (IWB). The moderating role of organizational context in these mediating relationships was further examined to determine the moderated
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Navigating change: examining the influence of COVID-19 on knowledge-sharing dynamics in family firms within the restaurant and fast-food industry Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Mojtaba Rezaei, Cemil Gündüz, Nizar Ghamgui, Marco Pironti, Tomas Kliestik
Purpose This study aims to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on knowledge-sharing drivers in small- and medium-sized family firms within the restaurant and fast-food industry. The pandemic has led to significant changes in business culture and consumer behaviour, accelerating digital transformation, disruptions in global supply chains and emerging new business opportunities. These changes
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Absorptive capacity, relational capital and export performance among SME exporters: the moderating effect of contract Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Md Daud Ismail, Syed Zamberi Ahmad, Sanjay Kumar Singh
Purpose This study aims to investigate the relationship between absorptive capacity, relational capital and interorganizational relationship performance and examine the moderating effect of contractual governance on this relationship. Design/methodology/approach This study used a quantitative design, analyzing data collected through a survey questionnaire. The sampling frame consisted of 111 cross-industry
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Abusive supervision, dehumanization, knowledge hiding behavior and psychological capital – a daily diary method study Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Ishfaq Ahmed, Zafir Khan Mohamed Makhbul
Purpose Knowledge is the source of competitive advantage, but when shared at all levels. Unfortunately, there is a universal unruly present in the form of knowledge hiding at employees’ level, but the causes and remedies are still vague as past studies have rarely investigated the causes of daily knowledge hiding behavior. Against this backdrop, this study aims to entail a daily diary method investigation
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Role of strategic knowledge management practices in enhancing strategic perspectives of an organisation to improve entrepreneurial performance Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Aqueeb Sohail Shaik, Monika Jain, Aparna Mendiratta, Ghadah Alarifi, Elisa Arrigo
Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the significance and impact of strategic knowledge management (SKM) practices and organisational change capacity (OCC) in improving strategic thinking and strategic orientation in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and their contribution in overall improvement of entrepreneurial performance. Design/methodology/approach Quantitative research
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How knowledge resources drive industrial chain carbon reduction: an analysis from the knowledge management perspective Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Yimin Yang, Xuhui Deng, Zilong Wang, Lulu Yang
Purpose This paper aims to analyze the role and advantages of knowledge resources in the carbon emission reduction of the industrial chain, and how it can be used to promote the carbon emission reduction of the industrial chain, so that the industry can better achieve the saving of energy and the reduction of emission. Design/methodology/approach This paper argues that the traditional resource-plundering
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Linking sustainable leadership with sustainable project performance: mediating role of knowledge integration and moderating role of top management knowledge values Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Muhammad Zada, Jawad Khan, Imran Saeed, Shagufta Zada, Zhang Yong Jun
Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between sustainable leadership and sustainable project performance. Specifically, the study aims to examine the mediating role of knowledge integration, examining how knowledge integration within an organization influences project outcomes. In addition, the study seeks to explore the moderating role of top management knowledge values
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Practical wisdom in the workplace: conceptualization, instrument development, and predictive power Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Alexander Serenko
Purpose The purpose of this Real Impact Research Article is to empirically explore one of the most controversial and elusive concepts in knowledge management research – practical wisdom. It develops a 10-dimensional practical wisdom construct and tests it within the nomological network of counterproductive and productive knowledge behavior. Design/methodology/approach A survey instrument was created
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Interactive impact of transformational leadership and organizational innovation on online knowledge sharing: a knowledge management perspective Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Mai Nguyen, Piyush Sharma
Purpose As knowledge management increasingly becomes critical for the success of professional service firms, this paper uses social exchange theory to investigate the interactive impact of transformational leadership and organizational innovation on online knowledge sharing by employees in professional service firms. This study aims to investigate the mediating roles of job autonomy and job engagement
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Why do employees hide knowledge after working hours? Linking non-working time ICT demands to deceptive knowledge hiding Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Peixu He, Hanhui Zhou, Qiongyao Zhou, Cuiling Jiang, Amitabh Anand
Purpose Employees may adopt deceptive knowledge hiding (DKH) due to nonworking time information and communication technology (ICT) demands. Drawing from the conservation of resources (COR) theory, this study aims to develop and test a model of deceptive knowledge hiding (DKH) due to nonworking time information and communication technology (ICT) demands. Design/methodology/approach In total, 300 service
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Unlocking the relationship between ambidextrous leadership style and HRM practices in knowledge-intensive SMES Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Ashish Malik, Jaya Gupta, Ritika Gugnani, Amit Shankar, Pawan Budhwar
Purpose This paper aims to explore the relationship between owner-manager or leader’s ambidextrous leadership style and its effect on human resource management (HRM) practices, contextual ambidexterity and knowledge-intensive small- and medium-enterprises (SMEs) strategic agility. Design/methodology/approach This study presents an in-depth qualitative case study analysis of two knowledge-intensive
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The influence of supervisor bottom-line mentality on knowledge territorial behavior and knowledge sabotage behavior Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Zhihong Tan, Ling Yuan, Qunchao Wan
Purpose Based on social cognitive theory, this study aims to explore the influence of supervisor bottom-line mentality (SBLM) on employee knowledge behavior (knowledge territorial behavior and knowledge sabotage behavior). The study first investigates the role of an ethical decision-making mechanism (moral disengagement) in mediating this relationship. In addition, it considers the possible boundary
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Knowledge management and career readiness: a review and synthesis Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Sachin Kumar Raut, Ilan Alon, Sudhir Rana, Sakshi Kathuria
Purpose This study aims to examine the relationship between knowledge management and career development in an era characterized by high levels of youth unemployment and a demand for specialized skills. Despite the increasing transition to a knowledge-based economy, there is a significant gap between young people’s skills and career readiness, necessitating an in-depth analysis of the role of knowledge
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Combining artificial and human intelligence to manage cross-cultural knowledge in humanitarian logistics: a Yin–Yang dialectic systems view of knowledge creation Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Tachia Chin, T.C.E. Cheng, Chenhao Wang, Lei Huang
Purpose Aiming to resolve cross-cultural paradoxes in combining artificial intelligence (AI) with human intelligence (HI) for international humanitarian logistics, this paper aims to adopt an unorthodox Yin–Yang dialectic approach to address how AI–HI interactions can be interpreted as a sophisticated cross-cultural knowledge creation (KC) system that enables more effective decision-making for providing
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Cultural and gender diversity for ESG performance towards knowledge sharing: empirical evidence from European banks Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Francesco Paolone, Matteo Pozzoli, Meghna Chhabra, Assunta Di Vaio
Purpose This study aims to investigate the effects of board cultural diversity (BCD) and board gender diversity (BGD) of the board of directors on environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance in the European banking sector using resource-based view (RBV) theory. In addition, this study analyses the linkages between BCD and BGD and knowledge sharing on the board of directors to improve ESG
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Knowledge management during emergency remote teaching: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the transition experiences of faculty members Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Pallavi Srivastava, Trishna Sehgal, Ritika Jain, Puneet Kaur, Anushree Luukela-Tandon
Purpose The study directs attention to the psychological conditions experienced and knowledge management practices leveraged by faculty in higher education institutes (HEIs) to cope with the shift to emergency remote teaching caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. By focusing attention on faculty experiences during this transition, this study aims to examine an under-investigated effect of the pandemic in
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Research on cross-city emergency management collaboration mechanism in major emergencies: insights from a knowledge management perspective Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Lin Zhang, Jinyu Wang, Xin Wang, Yingju Gao
Purpose Based on the perspective of knowledge management, this study aims to discuss how to build cross-city emergency management collaboration mechanism in major emergencies and explore the important role of knowledge management in emergency management collaboration. Design/methodology/approach Based on the theoretical analysis of knowledge management and the typical case study of cross-city emergency
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Mitigating the unwillingness to exchange knowledge: a focus on exporters’ networks Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Claude Obadia
Purpose This paper aims to explain the unwillingness to exchange export knowledge by members of exporters’ networks and provides potential solutions to this problem. Design/methodology/approach This study uses data from a survey of 301 members of a French exporter’s network to test a set of hypotheses with partial least squares structural equation modeling. Findings Network participants’ export experience
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The application of knowledge management in disaster management: past, present and future trends Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Muhammad Ashraf Fauzi, Biswajeet Pradhan, Noraina Mazuin Sapuan, Ratih Dyah Kusumastuti
Purpose The purpose of this study is to review the role of knowledge management (KM) in disaster management and crisis. Disaster causes many detrimental impacts on human lives through loss of life and damage to properties. KM has been shown to dampen the impact of the disaster on the utilization of knowledge among agencies involved and the local communities impacted by disasters. Design/methodology/approach
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Knowledge management in boards of directors: effects of informational faultlines Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-26 Alana Vandebeek, Wim Voordeckers, Jolien Huybrechts, Frank Lambrechts
Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine how informational faultlines on a board affect the management of knowledge owned by directors and the consequences on organizational performance. In this study, informational faultlines are defined as hypothetical lines that divide a group into relatively homogeneous subgroups based on the alignment of several informational attributes among board members
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The contagious effect of bullying knowledge hiding: exploring the role of job stress and power values Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-26 Roman Kmieciak
Purpose Bullying knowledge hiding has been recently identified as a manifestation of knowledge hiding behavior. As a relatively new concept, it is still underexplored. Previous research has focused on the antecedents of bullying hiding. However, there is a lack of research on the negative consequences that bullying hiding may have on employees. This study aims to uncover the effects of supervisor bullying
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Role of organizational characteristics on counterproductive knowledge behavior: a meta-analysis Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Yuwen Cen, Changfeng Wang, Yaqi Huang
Purpose In recent years, counterproductive knowledge behavior (CKB) and its types have received increasing interest in knowledge management as the degree of knowledge sharing and innovation in enterprises continues to increase. A rapidly growing number of studies have shed light on the important antecedents and consequences of employees’ CKB. However, the various labels, conceptualizations and operationalizations
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Collaborative innovation, strategic agility, & absorptive capacity adoption in SMEs: the moderating effects of customer knowledge management capability Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Mário Nuno Mata, José Moleiro Martins, Pedro Leite Inácio
Purpose The purpose of this study is to identify the relationship between collaborative innovation and the financial performance of information technology (IT) firms through the mediating role of strategic agility and absorptive capacity. Customer knowledge management capability (CKMC) is also explored as a potential moderator. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from 300 respondents working
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Evaluation of strategic orientation-led competitive advantage: the role of knowledge integration and service innovation Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Sundeep Singh Sondhi, Prashant Salwan, Abhishek Behl, Suman Niranjan, Tim Hawkins
Purpose This paper aims to derive a model that explores how the interplay between knowledge integration capability and innovation impacts strategic orientation, leading to the attainment of sustainable competitive advantage. The study considers the constituents of strategic orientation, namely, customer orientation, competitor orientation and technology orientation, as the basis for achieving sustainable
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Impact of high involvement work systems in shaping power, knowledge sharing, rewards and knowledge perception of employees Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Mai Nguyen, Nicolas Pontes, Ashish Malik, Jaya Gupta, Ritika Gugnani
Purpose Amid challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, fostering employee creativity has become paramount for organizations. However, there is a scarcity of research on digitalization of the workplace and its implications for implementing high involvement work systems (HIWSs) in organizations, particularly in relation to their impact on employee outcomes, such as creativity and job satisfaction. Additionally
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Building a knowledge sharing climate amid shadows of sabotage: a microfoundational perspective into job satisfaction and knowledge sabotage Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Francesco Antonio Perotti, Zoltan Rozsa, Michal Kuděj, Alberto Ferraris
Purpose Drawing on the microfoundations theory and rational choice sociology, this study aims to investigate knowledge-sharing microfoundations through knowledge sabotage behaviours in the workplace. As such, it aims to shed light on the adverse impact of knowledge sabotage on a knowledge-sharing climate. Design/methodology/approach As a quantitative deductive study, it is based on information collected
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Remote work, employee productivity and innovation: the moderating roles of knowledge sharing and digital business intensity Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Joseph K. Nwankpa, Yazan F. Roumani
Purpose This study aims to explore the effects of remote work on employee productivity and innovation and how these effects are moderated by knowledge sharing and digital business intensity. Design/methodology/approach The study draws on survey data from a random sample of 231 remote workers across the USA. The analysis and empirical validation of the research model used partial least square. Findings
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Integrating time and knowledge to understand organizational evolution: towards a conceptual framework Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Paola Maria Anna Paniccia, Gianpaolo Abatecola, Silvia Baiocco
Purpose How does the interaction between time and knowledge affect the evolution of organizations? Past research in organizational evolution has mostly investigated time and knowledge as two separate variables. In contrast, theoretical perspectives integrating these variables are still seemingly scant. The authors believe that filling this literature gap needs attention. Thus, this study aims to contribute
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Green innovation for sustainable development: leveraging green knowledge integration, blockchain technology and green supply chain integration Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-29 Abdullah Kaid Al-Swidi, Mohammed A. Al-Hakimi, Mohammed Saad Alyahya
Purpose Despite the importance of green supply chain integration (GSCI) in advancing green innovation (GI) is recognized, it remains unclear how firms can translate their GSCI efforts into GI. Therefore, this study aims to understand how GSCI affects GI, with its dimensions (exploitative GI and exploratory GI), as well as to investigate the mediating role of green knowledge integration capability (GKIC)
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Exploring the impacts of knowledge recombination on firms’ breakthrough innovation: the moderating effect of environmental dynamism Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-20 Changbiao Zhong, Rui Huang, Yunlong Duan, Tianxin Sunguo, Alberto Dello Strologo
Purpose To adapt to the rapidly changing market environment, firms must constantly adjust and change their knowledge base to develop new technologies. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the improvement path of firms’ breakthrough innovation from the perspective of knowledge recombination in the context of dynamic change in the knowledge base. By analyzing the influencing mechanism of environmental
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Does knowledge management mediate the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and firm performance? Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-19 Rafal Kusa, Marcin Suder, Joanna Duda, Wojciech Czakon, David Juárez-Varón
Purpose This study investigates the impact of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and knowledge management (KM) on firm performance (PERF), as well as the mediating role of KM in the EO–PERF (EO-PERF relationship). In particular, this study aims to explain the impact of KM on the relationship between the EO dimensions and PERF; dimensions are risk-taking (RT), innovativeness (IN) and proactiveness (PR)
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Dialogue for strategy implementation: how framing processes enable the evolution of new opportunities Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-14 Paola Bellis, Silvia Magnanini, Roberto Verganti
Purpose Taking the dialogic organizational development perspective, this study aims to investigate the framing processes when engaging in dialogue for strategy implementation and how these enable the evolution of implementation opportunities. Design/methodology/approach Through a qualitative exploratory study conducted in a large multinational, the authors analyse the dialogue and interactions among
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A knowledge-based perspective on transgenerational entrepreneurship: unveiling knowledge dynamics across generations in family firms Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-14 Paolo Capolupo, Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli, Lorenzo Ardito
Purpose Given the limited understanding of the process of transgenerational entrepreneurship and that knowledge is a fundamental antecedent of entrepreneurial endeavors, this study aims to shed light on how entrepreneurial families (EFs) nurture entrepreneurship across generations, which knowledge is required within the EF to spur new entrepreneurial activities, and how is this knowledge acquired.
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Digital technologies and knowledge processes: new emerging strategies in international business. A systematic literature review Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Silvia Massa, Maria Carmela Annosi, Lucia Marchegiani, Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli
Purpose This study aims to focus on a key unanswered question about how digitalization and the knowledge processes it enables affect firms’ strategies in the international arena. Design/methodology/approach The authors conduct a systematic literature review of relevant theoretical and empirical studies covering over 20 years of research (from 2000 to 2023) and including 73 journal papers. Findings
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On the duality of partner type diversity on network stability: the mediating role of knowledge recombination in R&D network Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Min Guo, Naiding Yang, Jingbei Wang, Hui Liu, Fawad Sharif Sayed Muhammad
Purpose Previous research has analyzed the consequence of network stability; however, little is known about how partner type diversity influence network stability in R&D network. Based on knowledge-based view and social network theory, the purpose of this paper is to unravel the internal mechanisms between partner type diversity and network stability through the mediating role of knowledge recombination
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Is competence without humility wasted in building the trust necessary for knowledge transfer in younger/older worker dyads? Journal of Knowledge Management (IF 6.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-07 Cara-Lynn Scheuer, Catherine Loughlin, Dianne Ford, Dennis Edwards
Purpose Successful knowledge transfer (KT) between younger and older workers (YW and OW, respectively) is critical for organizational success, especially in light of the recent surge in employment volatility among the youngest and oldest segments of the workforce. Yet, practitioners and scholars alike continue to struggle with knowing how best to facilitate these exchanges. The qualitative study offers