Organizational knowledge creation theory: A first comprehensive test

Ikujiro Nonaka, Philippe Byosiere, Chester C. Borucki and Noboru Konno

International Business Review, 1994, vol. 3, issue 4, 337-351

Abstract: Confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to test Nonaka's ((1994) Organization Science, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 14-37) a priori model of organizational knowledge creation with data collected from 105 Japanese middle managers. The results provide strong support for viewing organizational knowledge creation as a higher-order construct comprised of four knowledge conversion processes: socialization, externalization, combination, and internalization.

Keywords: Confirmatory; Factor; Analyses; Organizational; Knowledge; Creation; Socialization; Externalization; Combination; Internalization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1994
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