Managing Knowledge in Organizations: An Integrative Framework and Review of Emerging Themes

Linda Argote (), Bill McEvily () and Ray Reagans ()
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Linda Argote: Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
Bill McEvily: Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
Ray Reagans: Columbia Business School, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027

Management Science, 2003, vol. 49, issue 4, 571-582

Abstract: In this concluding article to the Management Science special issue on ÜManaging Knowledge in Organizations: Creating, Retaining, and Transferring Knowledge,Ý we provide an integrative framework for organizing the literature on knowledge management. The framework has two dimensions. The knowledge management outcomes of knowledge creation, retention, and transfer are represented along one dimension. Properties of the context within which knowledge management occurs are represented on the other dimension. These properties, which affect knowledge management outcomes, can be organized according to whether they are properties of a unit (e.g., individual, group, organization) involved in knowledge management, properties of relationships between units or properties of the knowledge itself. The framework is used to identify where research findings about knowledge management converge and where gaps in our understanding exist. The article discusses mechanisms of knowledge management and how those mechanisms affect a unit's ability to create, retain and transfer knowledge. Emerging themes in the literature on knowledge management are identified. Directions for future research are suggested.

Keywords: Knowledge Management; Organizational Learning; Knowledge Transfer; Innovation; Organizational Memory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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