A research agenda for the relationships between culture and knowledge management

✍ Scribed by William R. King

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 141 KB
• Volume: 14
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1092-4604
• DOI: 10.1002/kpm.281

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

A preliminary research agenda for the relationship between culture, at several levels, and knowledge management (KM) practice and success is developed. The levels of culture that are considered are national culture (NC), overall organizational culture (OC), organizational climate, organizational subcultures, subunit cultures, and team climate. The national and organizational levels have previously been dealt with in largely separate research streams. The ubiquity of globalization demands that they be integrated into a single research agenda. Indicators that may serve as measures of the dependent variable in the culture–KM relationship are suggested as is a format that facilitates the formulation of specific research questions. While culture is usually thought of as the independent variable in the culture–KM dyad, the role of culture as the dependent variable in these relationships is also treated. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.