Collective knowledge construction: a socio-cognitive approach

Abstract

Purpose The purpose of this study is to use correlation analysis to understand how knowledge structure, task structure and collaboration affect collective knowledge (CK) by the mediating mechanism of communication. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on an existing gap in the literature related to CK, a research model with five hypotheses is proposed. The hypotheses were analyzed based on data collected from 114 work-team practitioners using structural equation modeling. Findings The results indicate that communication, knowledge structure, task structure and collaboration significantly contribute to CK and that communication partially mediates the impact of these constructs on CK. Originality/value The value of the current research is in its contribution to the understanding of CK formation.

Enhancing knowledge transferability: A contradiction of the codification approach

“…Any form of graphical representation enhances communication because of: (1) the message's high capacity and ability to be understood by users; (2) the ease of conveying certain inferences; (3) an attention switch mechanism; and (4) the encoding of information. For instance, the efficiency of perception of a business model is enhanced dramatically when it is associated with graphical notations (Gavrilova, Alsufyev, & Yanson, 2014). The effectiveness of highly structured knowledge communication is influenced by the clarity and aesthetics of its graphical representation.…”

Diagnosing the voids of knowledge in the transformation process in managing and standardizing smart city development: the case of the government of Indonesia

“…This study noted that the GoI did not leverage the smart city development with a signifier of mindset ecosystems. It also considers that the GoI should have implanted these mindset ecosystems for regions' and municipalities' designers and developers of smart cities and for citizens, who are the potential users (Farzaneh et al, 2020;Repette et al, 2021;Mohanty et al, 2022). Thus, this study provides the following evidence from the interview transcripts:…”

“…The authors argue that smart city development requires a broader knowledge domain than a typical Information Systems and Technology (IST) development project (Ribeiro and Nagano, 2021;Tan et al, 2022). This study argues that the GoI and targeted regions and municipalities should expand smart cities' knowledge regarding environment, organization, and strategy (Hecker, 2012;Lim S. B. et al, 2021), innovation to strengthen dexterity with multi-skill inducements (Praharaj et al, 2018;Caragliu and Del Bo, 2019;Jiang et al, 2020), and avoid the occurrence of the IST investment paradox (Farzaneh et al, 2020;Gebauer et al, 2020;Linde et al, 2020). Second, the GoI, using its power to establish regulations, must dare to declare "substance over the legal (form)'s accentuation."…”

“…Second, the GoI, using its power to establish regulations, must dare to declare "substance over the legal (form)'s accentuation." This would mean completing smart city projects through a long-term process (Brorström et al, 2018;Grossi et al, 2020;Repette et al, 2021), with multi-relationship agent involvements (Broccardo et al, 2019;Guay and Pradeu, 2020;Ribeiro and Nagano, 2021), and using the collective knowledge of the innovators and users, requiring substance to be placed as the primary goal (Farzaneh et al, 2020;Repette et al, 2021;Kim and Kim, 2022). Nevertheless, these smart city projects must follow public administration and budgeting regulations.…”

“…Therefore, the GoI must establish new standards and procedures in differential auditing and investigation. Moreover, it has been stated that the characteristics of smart city development projects differ in all aspects of knowledge, implementation, and process accomplishment (Coyne et al, 2000;Farzaneh et al, 2020;Ribeiro and Nagano, 2021). Therefore, the GoI's auditors should change the auditing process by establishing management's capability and competence elements at the central and regional levels with adequate capacity.…”