2011
DOI: 10.1108/13673271111108710
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Leveraging socio‐culturally situated tacit knowledge

Abstract: PurposeThis study seeks to investigate how a more lateral style of working, such as the Swedish model of management that reflects a more linear manner of managing organizational knowledge, is carried over and transferred to Swedish managed organizations in Singapore.Design/methodology/approachA total of 33 top‐level managers (23 Scandinavians and ten Asians) who worked in Swedish managed organizations in Singapore were interviewed for this study. It was necessary that the respondents were in top‐level manageme… Show more

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“…The efficiency and speed at which organizations can utilize and exploit the knowledge of employees may determine their success (Cordeiro-Nisson and Hawamdeh, 2011). Transferring tacit knowledge is a challenge because it is embedded in the person rather than in a document.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The efficiency and speed at which organizations can utilize and exploit the knowledge of employees may determine their success (Cordeiro-Nisson and Hawamdeh, 2011). Transferring tacit knowledge is a challenge because it is embedded in the person rather than in a document.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The traditional emphasis in knowledge management has been on knowledge that is recognized and already articulated in some form, known as explicit knowledge. However there is a growing body of literature that calls for a focus on the management of tacit knowledge (Ambrosini and Bowman, 2008; Cordeiro‐Nilsson and Hawamdeh, 2011). Tacit knowledge is acquired through inner individual processes such as experience, reflection, internalisation and individual talent (Haldin‐Herrgard, 2000).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Language in management studies that focus on the functional aspects of language defined as type iib (non-metafunctional studies) includes aspects of social cohesion and as a lingua franca (Luo and Shankar, 2006, Mäkelä et al, 2007, Wu, 2013); language as facilitative in trade (Ku and Zussman, 2010; Brannen and Salk, 2000; Beyene et al, 2009; Crick, 1999); language as facilitative in knowledge sharing (Cordeiro-Nilsson and Hawamdeh, 2011; Holden, 2002, Welch and Welch, 2008); language as function of cognition, context (culture), and situation (Brannen and Doz, 2012; Cutler, 2012; Du-Babcock, 2006; Hofstede, 2001; House et al, 2004); and language as ideology (Boussebaa et al, 2014; Hofstede, 1984; Tietze and Dick, 2013).…”
Section: Introduction – Types Of Language Inquiry In International Bumentioning
confidence: 99%