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The Effect of Workplace Ostracism on Knowledge Sharing: The Mediating Role of Organization-Based Self-Esteem and Organizational Silence
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Takhsha, Mina; Barahimi, Negar; Adelpanah, Arash; Salehzadeh, Reza – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2020
Purpose: This study aims to evaluate the effect of workplace ostracism on organization-based self-esteem (OBSE), organizational silence and knowledge sharing. Design/methodology/approach: The statistical population of this research includes the employees of University of Isfahan in Iran. The structural equation modeling method is used to analyze…
Descriptors: Work Environment, Self Esteem, Organizational Culture, Foreign Countries
Employees and Creativity: Social Ties and Access to Heterogeneous Knowledge
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Huang, Chiung-En; Liu, Chih-Hsing Sam – Creativity Research Journal, 2015
This study dealt with employee social ties, knowledge heterogeneity contacts, and the generation of creativity. Although prior studies demonstrated a relationship between network position and creativity, inadequate attention has been paid to network ties and heterogeneity knowledge contacts. This study considered the social interaction processes…
Descriptors: Creativity, Employees, Foreign Countries, Knowledge Management
Protective Capacity and Absorptive Capacity: Managing the Balance between Retention and Creation of Knowledge-Based Resources
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Andersen, Jim – Learning Organization, 2012
Purpose: In order to understand the pros and cons of an open organization regarding the flow of knowledge between firms, this paper introduces the concept of "protective capacity". The purpose of the paper is to elaborate the concept of "protective capacity" especially in relation to absorptive capacity, by presenting a number of propositions.…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Organizational Development, Interpersonal Relationship, Competition
Knowledge Retrieval through Virtual Communities of Practice
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Gammelgaard, Jens – Behaviour & Information Technology, 2010
This article explores how Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) manages knowledge retrieval by employees when they need to access documents written by colleagues in geographically distant units. CSC's establishment of virtual communities of practice facilitates the coordination of knowledge, and minimises contextual gaps between senders and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Socialization, Communities of Practice, Knowledge Management
The Indirect Relationship between Organizational-Level Knowledge Worker Turnover and Innovation: An Integrated Application of Related Literature
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Guidice, Rebecca M.; Heames, Joyce Thompson; Wang, Sheng – Learning Organization, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to conceptually demonstrate that the relationship between turnover and innovation is not direct as some research suggests, but rather indirect, with organizational learning as the prerequisite social mechanism that ties the two phenomena together. Design/methodology/approach: This paper integrates research…
Descriptors: Innovation, Social Capital, Literature Reviews, Correlation
Knowledge Management in Preserving Ecosystems: The Case of Seoul
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Lee, Jeongseok – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study explores the utility of employing knowledge management as a framework for understanding how public managers perform ecosystem management. It applies the grounded theory method to build a model. The model is generated by applying the concept of knowledge process to an investigation of how the urban ecosystem is publicly managed by civil…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Knowledge Management, Grounded Theory, Employer Employee Relationship