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Externalization
About: Externalization is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 646 publications have been published within this topic receiving 13805 citations.
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TL;DR: A contingency framework is developed, including two attributes of the organizational subunit's tasks: process or content orientation, and focused or broad domain, and links knowledge management processes to them, finding that combination and externalization, but not internalization and socialization, affect knowledge satisfaction.
Abstract: Prior research examines several knowledge management processes, considering each as universally appropriate. Instead, we propose that the context influences the suitability of a knowledge management process. We develop a contingency framework, including two attributes of the organizational subunit's tasks: process or content orientation, and focused or broad domain, and links knowledge management processes to them: internalization for focused, process-oriented tasks; externalization for focused, content-oriented tasks; combination for broad, content-oriented tasks; and socialization for broad, process-oriented tasks. The empirical research was done at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), based on several interviews and survey data from 159 individuals across 8 subunits. The results supported the contingency framework. All the knowledge management processes except externalization had a positive impact in the expected cell. At the overall level, combination and externalization, but not internalization and socialization, affect knowledge satisfaction. Some implications for practice and research are identified.
741 citations
TL;DR: In this article, 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.
595 citations
TL;DR: The emergent model suggests that internalization and externalization impact perceived effectiveness of individual-level knowledge management, and socialization and combination influence perceived effective of knowledge management at group and organizational levels, respectively.
Abstract: To enhance our understanding of knowledge management, this paper focuses on a specific question: How do knowledge management processes influence perceived knowledge management effectiveness? Prior literature is used to develop the research model, including hypotheses about the effects of four knowledge management processes (internalization, externalization, socialization, and combination) on perceived individual-level, group-level, and organizational-level knowledge management effectiveness. The study was conducted at the John F. Kennedy Space Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration using a survey of 159 individuals and two rounds of personal interviews. Structural equation modeling was performed to test measurement and structural models using the survey data. The emergent model suggests that internalization and externalization impact perceived effectiveness of individual-level knowledge management. Socialization and combination influence perceived effectiveness of knowledge management at group and organizational levels, respectively. The results also support the expected upward impact in perceived effectiveness of knowledge management, from individual to group level, as well as from group level to organizational level. The study's limitations and implications for practice and future research are described.
428 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors study the factors that may buffer bullying victims from distress and find that, although it is important to study the negative outcomes experienced by victims of bullying, it is also important to consider the mitigating factors.
Abstract: Although it is important to study the negative outcomes experienced by victims of bullying, it is equally important to study the factors that may buffer victims from distress. Thus, the relationshi...
423 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the perceived school climate and difficulties in the social adjustment of middle school students, and present a survey of the effects of school climate on Middle School students.
Abstract: (1997). Perceived School Climate and Difficulties in the Social Adjustment of Middle School Students. Applied Developmental Science: Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 76-88.
371 citations
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