Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.1504/ijkms.2021.10040569
J. M. Tarn, M. Razi, Mohammad Daneshvar Kakhki, Reza Mousavi
{"title":"Antecedents and performance implications of knowledge management in supply chains: a meta-analysis","authors":"J. M. Tarn, M. Razi, Mohammad Daneshvar Kakhki, Reza Mousavi","doi":"10.1504/ijkms.2021.10040569","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijkms.2021.10040569","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39285,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67238093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-08-13DOI: 10.1504/ijkms.2020.10031282
A. Razzaque, T. Eldabi
Knowledge sharing is daunting to physicians with unclear benefits of improving diagnoses/reducing medical errors. This study explores one aspect of shared knowledge sharing by assessing the effect of physicians' social capital on their decision making mediated by shared knowledge in virtual communities. This study followed a deductive approach. It quantitatively tested 14 hypotheses via a framework based on an adapted survey. This survey was distributed to 204 VC-physician-members. Empirical evidence suggested social capital positively influences physicians' decision making, through trust and identity, during the virtually shared knowledge. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed in our article. The model of our study is the first of its kind: holistically assesses the role of social capital theory, knowledge sharing, and decision making of virtual community physician members. Empirical findings extend current methods and understanding of the role of virtual community physicians' social capital of resources for decision making when mediated by their knowledge sharing behaviour.
{"title":"Physicians social capital aids their medical decisions when they virtually share knowledge","authors":"A. Razzaque, T. Eldabi","doi":"10.1504/ijkms.2020.10031282","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijkms.2020.10031282","url":null,"abstract":"Knowledge sharing is daunting to physicians with unclear benefits of improving diagnoses/reducing medical errors. This study explores one aspect of shared knowledge sharing by assessing the effect of physicians' social capital on their decision making mediated by shared knowledge in virtual communities. This study followed a deductive approach. It quantitatively tested 14 hypotheses via a framework based on an adapted survey. This survey was distributed to 204 VC-physician-members. Empirical evidence suggested social capital positively influences physicians' decision making, through trust and identity, during the virtually shared knowledge. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed in our article. The model of our study is the first of its kind: holistically assesses the role of social capital theory, knowledge sharing, and decision making of virtual community physician members. Empirical findings extend current methods and understanding of the role of virtual community physicians' social capital of resources for decision making when mediated by their knowledge sharing behaviour.","PeriodicalId":39285,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2020-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47027713","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-08-13DOI: 10.1504/ijkms.2020.10031286
Mohd Yasir Arafat, A. Khan, I. Saleem, N. Khan, Mohd Mohsin Khan
Although it is well accepted across our country, that the significance and impact of women entrepreneurship are critical for overall sustainable development, the actual level of venture creation by females is much lower than that by males. The purpose of our research is to investigate the role of various factors affecting women entrepreneurship in India. By integrating the intellectual capital and cognitive framework to analyses the venture creation phenomenon, we aim to understand in greater clarity, the underlying factors behind women entrepreneurship. A comprehensive data of 1,765 Indian females from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor was utilised. Logistic regression was applied to analyse the influence of entrepreneurial cognition and intellectual capital on the entrepreneurial intentions of Indian women. Among all the proxy measures of intellectual capital, only owning and managing a firm has a significant positive effect. The perception of opportunities and the perception of social legitimacy, both are significantly related to entrepreneurial intentions.
{"title":"Intellectual and cognitive aspects of women entrepreneurs in India","authors":"Mohd Yasir Arafat, A. Khan, I. Saleem, N. Khan, Mohd Mohsin Khan","doi":"10.1504/ijkms.2020.10031286","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijkms.2020.10031286","url":null,"abstract":"Although it is well accepted across our country, that the significance and impact of women entrepreneurship are critical for overall sustainable development, the actual level of venture creation by females is much lower than that by males. The purpose of our research is to investigate the role of various factors affecting women entrepreneurship in India. By integrating the intellectual capital and cognitive framework to analyses the venture creation phenomenon, we aim to understand in greater clarity, the underlying factors behind women entrepreneurship. A comprehensive data of 1,765 Indian females from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor was utilised. Logistic regression was applied to analyse the influence of entrepreneurial cognition and intellectual capital on the entrepreneurial intentions of Indian women. Among all the proxy measures of intellectual capital, only owning and managing a firm has a significant positive effect. The perception of opportunities and the perception of social legitimacy, both are significantly related to entrepreneurial intentions.","PeriodicalId":39285,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2020-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44997282","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-03-16DOI: 10.1504/ijkms.2020.10027664
Laura Oktaviani, M. Ginting, Oki Sunardi
The implementation of quality management system requires voluntary motivation from each organisation's member to achieve organisational perfection. In practice, quality management system implementations are often based on customer demands as a business to business requirement. Certified companies are often no better than firms that do not yet have quality management system certifications. This study aims to develop and to confirm a model of effective quality management system implementation by using internal motive factors, such as voluntary behaviour, prosocial behaviour, perceived employability, and trust. By conducting a survey to a leading Indonesian pharmaceutical firm as a preliminary study, 49 responds revealed that perceived employability and trust had significant effect to form voluntary behaviour amongst employees. Voluntary behaviour has shown the ability to foster effective quality management system implementation, and the effect could be more promising through the existence of knowledge sharing practice.
{"title":"Voluntary behaviour, knowledge sharing and quality management system implementation in pharmaceutical industry: a preliminary study","authors":"Laura Oktaviani, M. Ginting, Oki Sunardi","doi":"10.1504/ijkms.2020.10027664","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijkms.2020.10027664","url":null,"abstract":"The implementation of quality management system requires voluntary motivation from each organisation's member to achieve organisational perfection. In practice, quality management system implementations are often based on customer demands as a business to business requirement. Certified companies are often no better than firms that do not yet have quality management system certifications. This study aims to develop and to confirm a model of effective quality management system implementation by using internal motive factors, such as voluntary behaviour, prosocial behaviour, perceived employability, and trust. By conducting a survey to a leading Indonesian pharmaceutical firm as a preliminary study, 49 responds revealed that perceived employability and trust had significant effect to form voluntary behaviour amongst employees. Voluntary behaviour has shown the ability to foster effective quality management system implementation, and the effect could be more promising through the existence of knowledge sharing practice.","PeriodicalId":39285,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2020-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47783739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-03-16DOI: 10.1504/IJKMS.2020.106305
Solmaz Sajadirad, A. Lassen, B. V. Wæhrens
Many different objects are used by companies to transfer knowledge to globally distributed subsidiaries. However, tapping into the local knowledge of subsidiaries and transforming this into innovation capabilities remains a challenge for many multinational companies. In this paper, we aim to discuss how different approaches to the use of inter-firm objects can affect companies' abilities to obtain the subsidiaries' knowledge and utilise it to different degrees of innovation performance. For this purpose, we adopted a multiple case study approach consisting of ten multinational companies located in Denmark. Our findings show that companies use inter-firm objects to either control the flow of knowledge and subsidiaries' operations, i.e., the static use, or to create the circumstances favouring a collaborative relationship between headquarter and subsidiaries, i.e., the dynamic use. This paper provides a discussion and perspectives of further research concerning the impact of the different use of inter-firm objects on innovation performance.
{"title":"From static to dynamic use of inter-firm objects and its impact on innovation performance","authors":"Solmaz Sajadirad, A. Lassen, B. V. Wæhrens","doi":"10.1504/IJKMS.2020.106305","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJKMS.2020.106305","url":null,"abstract":"Many different objects are used by companies to transfer knowledge to globally distributed subsidiaries. However, tapping into the local knowledge of subsidiaries and transforming this into innovation capabilities remains a challenge for many multinational companies. In this paper, we aim to discuss how different approaches to the use of inter-firm objects can affect companies' abilities to obtain the subsidiaries' knowledge and utilise it to different degrees of innovation performance. For this purpose, we adopted a multiple case study approach consisting of ten multinational companies located in Denmark. Our findings show that companies use inter-firm objects to either control the flow of knowledge and subsidiaries' operations, i.e., the static use, or to create the circumstances favouring a collaborative relationship between headquarter and subsidiaries, i.e., the dynamic use. This paper provides a discussion and perspectives of further research concerning the impact of the different use of inter-firm objects on innovation performance.","PeriodicalId":39285,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2020-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1504/IJKMS.2020.106305","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47239212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-03-16DOI: 10.1504/ijkms.2020.10027653
Weixu Ding, A. Aoyama, E. Choi
Knowledge has been classified into two types as explicit and tacit knowledge. With the development of information technology, explicit knowledge could be coded and stored into databases. It seems difficult to use data processing to code tacit knowledge; since some tacit knowledge from personal experience and feelings are tough to be expressed or written into the documents. Several scholars believe that tacit knowledge has essential value for organisational members' problem-solving. Hence, this research attempts to explore the efficient methods to learn tacit knowledge. Inspired by the traditional craftsmen's learning approach from imitation to creation, this research utilises empirical methods to analyse 131 samples from Chinese corporations and proves that this learning method also has practical meaning for today's organisational learning. The findings show that individuals can learn tacit knowledge via imitating, adapting to the current situation, and then creating new ideas to solve problems. This research has proved that adaptive learning has a mediational role in the relationship between imitation and creation.
{"title":"An approach to the diffusion of tacit knowledge: learning from imitation to creation","authors":"Weixu Ding, A. Aoyama, E. Choi","doi":"10.1504/ijkms.2020.10027653","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijkms.2020.10027653","url":null,"abstract":"Knowledge has been classified into two types as explicit and tacit knowledge. With the development of information technology, explicit knowledge could be coded and stored into databases. It seems difficult to use data processing to code tacit knowledge; since some tacit knowledge from personal experience and feelings are tough to be expressed or written into the documents. Several scholars believe that tacit knowledge has essential value for organisational members' problem-solving. Hence, this research attempts to explore the efficient methods to learn tacit knowledge. Inspired by the traditional craftsmen's learning approach from imitation to creation, this research utilises empirical methods to analyse 131 samples from Chinese corporations and proves that this learning method also has practical meaning for today's organisational learning. The findings show that individuals can learn tacit knowledge via imitating, adapting to the current situation, and then creating new ideas to solve problems. This research has proved that adaptive learning has a mediational role in the relationship between imitation and creation.","PeriodicalId":39285,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2020-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49363948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-03-16DOI: 10.1504/ijkms.2020.10027670
Muhammad Asrar‐ul‐Haq, Sadia Anwar
The relationship between human resource practices (HRPs) and knowledge sharing has been achieving a significant attention in recent era. However, there has been a lack of a meta-theoretical framework which could relate the HRP with individual ability and motivation in organisational setting to engage in knowledge sharing. The current study is an attempt to explain the human resource practices that are significant in evoking the knowledge sharing behaviour of individuals in organisations. The motivation, opportunity and ability model of human behaviour has been used as a theoretical framework linking the HRP with individual abilities and motivation to engage in the knowledge sharing behaviour. The diffusion of specific human resource practices in the MOA model and its relationship with the elements of the MOA model has been discussed comprehensively. In addition, the theoretical and practical implications have also been highlighted.
{"title":"Fostering knowledge sharing through HR practices: a Pakistani perspective","authors":"Muhammad Asrar‐ul‐Haq, Sadia Anwar","doi":"10.1504/ijkms.2020.10027670","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijkms.2020.10027670","url":null,"abstract":"The relationship between human resource practices (HRPs) and knowledge sharing has been achieving a significant attention in recent era. However, there has been a lack of a meta-theoretical framework which could relate the HRP with individual ability and motivation in organisational setting to engage in knowledge sharing. The current study is an attempt to explain the human resource practices that are significant in evoking the knowledge sharing behaviour of individuals in organisations. The motivation, opportunity and ability model of human behaviour has been used as a theoretical framework linking the HRP with individual abilities and motivation to engage in the knowledge sharing behaviour. The diffusion of specific human resource practices in the MOA model and its relationship with the elements of the MOA model has been discussed comprehensively. In addition, the theoretical and practical implications have also been highlighted.","PeriodicalId":39285,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2020-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45546246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-03-16DOI: 10.1504/ijkms.2020.10027671
M. A. Nuaimi, Fauzia Jabeen
The purpose of this study is to explore the various factors linked to individuals and organisational information systems that influence the success of knowledge-sharing and affect both internal and external knowledge transfer. A descriptive approach was used to review companies' experiences of knowledge-sharing and the influencing factors. A framework was created to describe the relationships between factors affecting knowledge-sharing. The results suggest that factors inhibiting or facilitating the phases of knowledge management can be grouped by personal and organisational context. The findings will show both academics and practitioners the significance of knowledge-sharing in enabling organisations to work effectively.
{"title":"A study of factors influencing knowledge transfer in organisations in the United Arab Emirates","authors":"M. A. Nuaimi, Fauzia Jabeen","doi":"10.1504/ijkms.2020.10027671","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijkms.2020.10027671","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study is to explore the various factors linked to individuals and organisational information systems that influence the success of knowledge-sharing and affect both internal and external knowledge transfer. A descriptive approach was used to review companies' experiences of knowledge-sharing and the influencing factors. A framework was created to describe the relationships between factors affecting knowledge-sharing. The results suggest that factors inhibiting or facilitating the phases of knowledge management can be grouped by personal and organisational context. The findings will show both academics and practitioners the significance of knowledge-sharing in enabling organisations to work effectively.","PeriodicalId":39285,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2020-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48239887","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-03-16DOI: 10.1504/ijkms.2020.10027672
Janthorn Sinthupundaja, N. Chiadamrong, Y. Kohda
The purpose of this study is to identify how knowledge acquired from intra- and inter-organisational relationships influence corporate social responsibility (CSR) and their impacts on financial performance via the knowledge-based view (KBV). We used the KBV to argue that internal knowledge from employee relationships, external knowledge from partner and customer relationships and CSR practices together contribute to successful firm performance. The KBV can contribute to the analysis of CSR by offering important insights on valuable knowledge acquisition from a wider range of stakeholders. Fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis was employed to explain these causal relationships. Based on 73 firms from six service sectors listed in the Stock Exchange of Thailand, the findings provide support for the hypothesised links between intra- and inter-organisational relationships on CSR, which can result in improved financial performance. This study contributes to the management and CSR literature by investigating intra- and inter-organisational relationships as knowledge-based resources.
{"title":"Knowledge acquisition from intra- and inter-organisational relationships, CSR and financial performance","authors":"Janthorn Sinthupundaja, N. Chiadamrong, Y. Kohda","doi":"10.1504/ijkms.2020.10027672","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijkms.2020.10027672","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study is to identify how knowledge acquired from intra- and inter-organisational relationships influence corporate social responsibility (CSR) and their impacts on financial performance via the knowledge-based view (KBV). We used the KBV to argue that internal knowledge from employee relationships, external knowledge from partner and customer relationships and CSR practices together contribute to successful firm performance. The KBV can contribute to the analysis of CSR by offering important insights on valuable knowledge acquisition from a wider range of stakeholders. Fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis was employed to explain these causal relationships. Based on 73 firms from six service sectors listed in the Stock Exchange of Thailand, the findings provide support for the hypothesised links between intra- and inter-organisational relationships on CSR, which can result in improved financial performance. This study contributes to the management and CSR literature by investigating intra- and inter-organisational relationships as knowledge-based resources.","PeriodicalId":39285,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2020-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45181591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-02-07DOI: 10.1504/ijkms.2020.10026755
N. Nurdin, Khaeruddin Yusuf
Conventional banks have successfully implemented knowledge management strategy using various models to support their business performance. Meanwhile, limited study has been proposed regarding how Islamic banks manage different knowledge to support their business process. By using knowledge management lifecycle theory, we studied knowledge management process within two cases Islamic banks in Indonesia. We collected data through observation, written material, and in-depth interviews with key informants from both banks. The findings show that knowledge management lifecycle within Islamic banks did not necessarily follow the theoretical model built by previous studies conducted in conventional banking organisations because Islamic banks have unique characteristics. Islamic banks have to integrate the knowledge into Islamic values and norms before it is stored, shared, used, and improved as showed in the theoretical model. This study sheds light and provides new insight on knowledge management lifecycle within Islamic banks for both academic and practitioners.
{"title":"Knowledge management lifecycle in Islamic bank: the case of syariah banks in Indonesia","authors":"N. Nurdin, Khaeruddin Yusuf","doi":"10.1504/ijkms.2020.10026755","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijkms.2020.10026755","url":null,"abstract":"Conventional banks have successfully implemented knowledge management strategy using various models to support their business performance. Meanwhile, limited study has been proposed regarding how Islamic banks manage different knowledge to support their business process. By using knowledge management lifecycle theory, we studied knowledge management process within two cases Islamic banks in Indonesia. We collected data through observation, written material, and in-depth interviews with key informants from both banks. The findings show that knowledge management lifecycle within Islamic banks did not necessarily follow the theoretical model built by previous studies conducted in conventional banking organisations because Islamic banks have unique characteristics. Islamic banks have to integrate the knowledge into Islamic values and norms before it is stored, shared, used, and improved as showed in the theoretical model. This study sheds light and provides new insight on knowledge management lifecycle within Islamic banks for both academic and practitioners.","PeriodicalId":39285,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2020-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42756362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}