New e-Learning Environments: e-Merging Networks in the Relational Society

García, Blanca C.

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“…Nevertheless, in the context of an intensified and globalized knowledge economy a new type of worker emerges: the knowmad worker (Cobo, & Moravec, 2011;Kubik, 2013;Moravec, 2008Moravec, , 2013aMoravec, , 2013bGarcia, 2012aGarcia, , 2012bOrel, 2019Orel, , 2020. Contemporary times are profoundly shaped by continuous growth, increasing transition, and building confusion, while the effects of globalization are rapidly visible in every part of our lives (Beck et al, 2013;Igielski, 2017;Nadkarni, & Prügl, 2020).…”

Section: Knowledge Economy In Society 30mentioning

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“…Developing on the work of Cobo andMoravec (2011), andGarcia (2012b) establishes an e-Learning competencies decalogue analyzing the adherence of three different categories -knowledge workers, knowledge agents, and facilitators and knowmads -to a set of ten key competencies for Society 3.0 workers: According to the author, there are significant differences concerning achieved competencies levels between knowmads and knowledge workers valid for all ten competencies. This is mainly correlated with the knowmads' affiliation with e-learning environments, seen as interaction boosting environments established within the internet, extranet, and intranets.…”

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“…This is mainly correlated with the knowmads' affiliation with e-learning environments, seen as interaction boosting environments established within the internet, extranet, and intranets. In Figure 4 the study findings are presented in an adapted form, focusing only on the estimated differences between knowledge workers and knowmads (Garcia, 2012b).…”

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The Emergence of Knowmads from the Knowledge Workers

Iliescu

2021

Management Dynamics in the Knowledge Economy

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The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the academic advances in the knowledge management field, by increasing the understanding of the knowmad workforce. Knowledge economy represents the context in which organizations and individuals strive to learn continuously, to remain competitive, and to reach success. In this context, knowledge management joins other management specializations in the dedicated quest of optimizing organizational knowledge dynamics. Over the past decades, in close connection with unpredictable developments in all facets of our lives, which impact the business environment as well, a new typology of workers is being recognized in the knowledge management literature. The knowmads are emerging from the knowledge workers in a context of an intensified knowledge economy and they are developing skills and competencies that are suitable for the global markets, becoming autonomous, innovative, highly adaptable, and entrepreneurial members of the organizations, as this study proves. The research objective of this paper is to find and analyze the core conditions that favor the emergence of the knowmads from the knowledge workers. Through extensive literature review and by using data analysis software, key concepts are identified in close relation with knowmads. In the first part the intensification of the knowledge economy in Society 3.0 is analyzed from a critical perspective while, in the second part, the significant skills and competencies shift is being discussed. The working hypothesis of this research is that knowmads represent a new type of knowledge worker. Therefore, a comparison between the two worker groups from a skill, competencies, and attributes perspective was also implemented for increased methodological coherence. As this paper shows, in the intensified and global knowledge economy environment and under the forces of digitalization, technologization, new key competencies become essential within organizations. The holders of these competencies prove to be the knowmads, the new workers’ group emerging from the knowledge workers in the late 21st century.

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Section: Knowledge Economy In Society 30mentioning

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The Emergence of Knowmads from the Knowledge Workers

Iliescu

2021

Management Dynamics in the Knowledge Economy

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“…In the knowmad literature, this origin is generally accepted by upcoming researchers that studied the topic. Even more, scholars unanimously acknowledge that the new generation is better prepared to confront and overcome the present difficulties (Cobo & Moravec, 2011;Garcia, 2012aGarcia, , 2012bHokanson & Karlson, 2013;Moravec, 2008Moravec, , 2013aMoravec, , 2013bMoravec & van den Hoff, 2015).…”

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“…After more than one decade, the knowmad topic is an engaging one, generating interest amongst researchers (Cobo & Moravec, 2011;Garcia, 2012aGarcia, , 2012bKubik, 2013;Moravec, 2008Moravec, , 2013aMoravec, , 2013bMoravec & van den Hoff, 2015;Orel, 2019Orel, , 2020Correa Arias & Garcia Hijar, 2021;Iliescu, 2021;Rosa Fernandez-Sanchez & Silva-Quiroz, 2021). Nevertheless, under the accelerated transformations witnessed during COVID-19 pandemics, with a primary effect on the work arrangements, a better understanding of the knowmadic workforce is required (Iliescu, 2021).…”

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Conceptual Atlas of the Knowmad Literature: Visual Mapping with VOSviewer

Iliescu

2021

Management Dynamics in the Knowledge Economy

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This research paper aims to contribute to the advancement of the knowmad concept understanding in the academic literature. The relevance of the knowmad worker is sustained by their skills and competencies aligned with the pre-announced requirements for competitiveness in the future business environment, where disruptive changes will become the norm. Knowmads are agile, flexible, determined, and overall resourceful to succeed. During COVID-19 pandemics, companies and employees worldwide have been facing one of the most disruptive events of our times that marked the acceleration of an already shifting paradigm: the migration from rigid work arrangements towards flexible ones. In the context where the knowmad worker assets are seen as the solution to a global crisis, and they continue to be seen as significant competencies for the future, we consider that a better understanding of the concept is currently required. This has been achieved in the present research project by conducting a systematic literature review, enhanced by text mining and scientific mapping analysis. Even though the notion of knowmad worker is relatively new in the knowledge management literature being presented by John Moravec only in 2008, novel research instruments are being used as an innovation factor. Considering the unprecedented access to information and advancements in conducting academic research, in the present landscape of the business research domain, new methods are available to structure and examine a body of literature. The text mining and scientific mapping analysis conducted with VOSviewer software version 1.6.16 is allowing us to identify meaningful insights about the knowmad concept, such as the (1) existing research gaps, the (2) future research directions – understood as the peaks and the valleys are defining our knowmad concept atlas – and (3) the research interest trends seen by this topic for the period between 2008 and 2021. To achieve this, a database derived from Web of Science’s core collection has been used, and the text mining based on term co-occurrence analysis contributed to a deeper understanding of current and future global workforce dynamics.

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New e-Learning Environments: e-Merging Networks in the Relational Society

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