Weblogs for organizational knowledge sharing and creation: a comparative case study

Stephan Kaiser, Simone Kansy, Gordon Mueller-Seitz and Max Ringlstetter

Knowledge Management Research & Practice, 2009, vol. 7, issue 2, 120-130

Abstract: The use of weblogs as an information and communication technology for knowledge sharing and creation is a novel social and organizational phenomenon. In this paper, we identify and explain contingency factors that influence the successful use of weblogs for knowledge sharing and creation. We start from the assumption that successful knowledge management requires the motivation of people to engage in knowledge-related communication. Based on a comparison of two antithetic cases, we identify and discuss four contingency factors that directly influence the motivational impact of weblogs on organizational knowledge sharing and creation.

Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1057/kmrp.2008.35

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