“…Since the time Nonaka & Takeuchi (1995) first coined the term "externalization", researchers have explored various aspects of externalization, namely, (a) lifecycle (Dalkir, 2005;Whyte & Classen, 2012), (b) elicitation methods (Acosta et al, 2004;Al-Qdah & Salim, 2013), (c) inter-actor collaboration (Chandra et al, 2015;Khan & Khader, 2014), and (d) externalization scenarios (Leonard & Insch, 2005;Sigala & Chalkiti, 2007). Although researchers have explored diverse aspects of externalization individually, there have been no attempts for its comprehensive integration (Echajari & Thomas, 2015).…”