This dissertation examines two behavioral issues related to knowledge acquisition. First, we examine whether incentives successfully motivate IS domain experts to contribute knowledge to a knowledge management system. We also investigate whether the impact of incentives differs according to the orientation of the IS expert: internal and external, and then we examine if there is a moderating eff...

Interruptions have commonly been viewed as negative and as something for managers to control or limit. In this paper, I explore the relationship between interruptions and acquisition of routines—a form of knowledge—by teams. Recent research suggests that interruptions may play an important role in changing organizational routines, and as such may influence knowledge transfer activities. Results...

Knowledge acquisition is recognized as a critical knowledge management process for developing knowledge management systems. For accounting and legal industries, to transform tacit knowledge from the professional experts to explicit knowledge could be problematic as human judgment could vary substantially among the experts. In addition, maintenance of the systems could require regular interactio...

What is Knowledge Management? The term Knowledge Management very often is inexplicitly used to describe a set o management practices aimed to improve the main KM process such as knowledge acquisition, creation, transfer, dissemination and use. In real business environments, the overall aim of a KM strategy is the business value creation. Many researchers disagree with the term «management» insi...

The management of knowledge is frequently identified as an important antecedent of innovation (Antonelli, 1999; Carneiro, 2000; Dove, 1999; Nonaka & Takeuchi, 1995). However, very little empirical research has specifically addressed antecedents and consequences of effective knowledge management. Using data collected from 443 New Zealand firms, a knowledge management instrument, which comprises ...

This article develops a model of organizational knowledge acquisition in terms of modern psychological, sociological, economic and management theories by deconstructing the terms involved: an organization as a collective agent having goals and capabilities to achieve them; knowledge as the hidden state variables imputed to an agent as the basis of its capabilities; and acquisition as the reprod...

Knowledge Management (KM) has become a critical component for maintaining competitive advantages. Most existing research looks at individual industries or general concepts; few studies have investigated KM use in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs). This research empirically investigates factors affecting the adoption of KM. Results indicate that important factors maturing of Information ...

Knowledge Management (KM) systems inherently suffer from the knowledge acquisition bottleneck the difficulty of modeling and formalizing knowledge relevant for specific domains. A potential solution to this problem is Information Extraction (IE) technology. However, IE was originally developed for database population and there is a mismatch between what is required to successfully perform KM an...