Adoption of knowledge management technologies and organisational culture: An exploratory study

Journal of Information and Knowledge Management

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-29

  Cheng, Eric Y ^a   Liu, Yen Lin ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Research Development and Evaluation Commission Executive Yuan ^*  (Taiwan)

Author keywords

knowledge management technologies; organisational culture; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

EID: 72449192360     PISSN: 02196492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219649208001944     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Alavi, M and DE Leidner (1999). Knowledge management systems: Issues, challenges, and benefits. Communications of Association for Information Systems, 1.
2. Alavi, M and DE Leidner (2001). Review: Knowledge management and knowledge management systems: Conceptual foundations and research issues. MIS Quarterly, 25(1), 107-136. (Pubitemid 33738451)
3. Bagozzi, RP, Y Yi and LW Phillips (1991). Assessing construct validity in organisational research. Administrative Science Quarterly, 421-458.
4. Barrett,M, S Cappleman, G Shoib and GWalshan (2004). Learning in knowledge communities: Managing technology and context. European Management Journal, 22(1), 1-11. (Pubitemid 38169871)
5. Bontis, N (2003). The e-flow audit: An evaluation of knowledge flow within and outside a high-tech firm. Journal of Knowledge Management, 7(1), 6-19.
6. Bose, R and V Sugumaran, (2003). Application of knowledge management technology in customer relationship management. Knowledge and Process Management, 10(1), 3-17. (Pubitemid 36188948)
7. Campbell, DT and DW Fiske (1959). Convergent and discriminant validation by the multitrait-multimethod matrix. Psychological Bulletin, 56(1), 81-105.
8. Carayannis, EG (1999). Fostering synergies between information technologies and managerial and organisational cognition: The role of knowledge management. Technovation, 19, 219-231.
9. Churchill, GA Jr. (1979). A paradigm for developing better measure of marketing constructs. Journal of Marketing Research, 16, 64-73.
10. Cooper, DR and PS Schindler (2001). Business Research Methods 7th Ed. McGraw-Hill.
11. Cooper, R (1994). The inertial impact of culture on IT implementation. Information and Management, 27, 17-31.
12. Davenport, TH and L Prusak (1998). Working Knowledge Boston: Harvard Business School Press.
13. De Long, DWand L Fahey (2000) Diagnosing culture barriers to knowledge management. Academy of Management Executive, 14(4).
14. Denison, DR (1990). Corporate Culture and Organisational Effectiveness. New York: John and Wiley and Sons.
15. Denison, D and A Mishra (1995). Toward a theory of organisation culture and effectiveness. Organisation Science, (6:2), 204-223.
16. Drucker, P (1995). The post-capitalist executive. Managing in a Time of Great Change. New York: Penguin.
17. Frappaolo, CF and S Capshaw (1999). Knowledge management software. Information Management Journal, 44-48.
18. Gerbing, DW and JC Anderson (1988). An updated paradigm for scale development incorporating unidimensionality and its assessment. Journal of Marketing Research, 25, 186-192.
19. Glisby, M and N Holden (2003). Contextual constraints in knowledge management theory: The cultural embeddedness of Nonaka's knowledge-creating company. Knowledge and Process Management 10(1), 29-36. (Pubitemid 36188950)
20. Goffee and Jones (1998). The Character of a Corporation, 1st ed. HarperCollins Publishers.
21. Hair, JF Jr et al. (1995). Multivariate Data Analysis. NJ: Prentice Hall.
22. Hofstede, G (1980). Culture's Consequences: International Differences in Work Related Values. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications.
23. Hofstede, G (2001). Culture's Consequences: Comparing Values, Behaviours, Institutions and Organisations Across Nations. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
24. Husted, K and S Michailova (2002). Knowledge sharing in Russian companies with Western participation. Management International, 6(2).
25. Knapp, E and D Yu (1999). Understanding organisation culture. Knowledge Management Review, 7, 16-21.
26. Lewis, D (2002). Five years on-the organisation culture saga revisited. Leadership and Organisation Development Journal.
27. Luan, J and AM Serban (2002). Technologies, products, and models supporting knowledge management. New Directions for Institutional Research, 113, 85-104.
28. Marr, B (2003). Consider the culture when benchmarking KM processes. Knowledge Management Review, 6(5), 6-7.
29. Nonaka, I and H Takeuch (1991). The knowledge-creating company: How Japanese companies create the dynamics of innovation. Harvard Business Review (Nov.-Dec.).
30. Nunnally, J (1978). Psychometric Theory. NY: McGraw-Hill.
31. Pinsonneaul, A and KL Kraemer (1993). Survey research methodology in management information systems: An assessment. Journal of Management Information Systems, 10(2), 75-105.
32. Quinn, RE and J Rohrbaugh (1981). A competing values approach to organisational effectiveness. Public Productivity Revission, 5(2), 122-140.
33. Reyes, P and MS Raisinghani (2002). Integrating information technologies and knowledge-based systems: A theoretical approach in action for enhancements in production and inventory control. Knowledge and Process Management, 9(4), 256-263.
34. Ruppel, CP and SJ Harrington (2001). Sharing knowledge through intranets: A study of organisational culture and intranet implementation. IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, 44(1), 37-52. (Pubitemid 32297004)
35. Segars, AH and V Grover (1998). Strategic information systems planning success: An investigation of the construct and its measurement. MIS Quarterly, (June) 139-163.
36. Skyrme, DJ (1998). Knowledge management solutions - The IT contribution. Siggroup Bulletin, 19(1).
37. Subhash, S and Sharma (1996). Applied Multivariate Techniques. Canada: John Wily & Sons Inc.