Organizational culture and knowledge creation capability

被引：80

作者：

Wang, Dong ^{[2
]}

Su, Zhongfeng ^{[1
]}

Yang, Dongtao ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Nanjing Univ, Sch Business, Nanjing 210008, Peoples R China

[2] Commun Univ China, Media Management Sch, Beijing, Peoples R China

来源：

JOURNAL OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT | 2011年 / 15卷 / 03期

关键词：

Organizational culture; Knowledge creation; China; INDIVIDUALISM-COLLECTIVISM; MARKET ORIENTATION; DYNAMIC THEORY; INNOVATION; COOPERATION;

D O I：

10.1108/13673271111137385

中图分类号：

G25 [图书馆学、图书馆事业]; G35 [情报学、情报工作];

学科分类号：

1205 ; 120501 ;

摘要：

Purpose - Organizational culture comprises a firm's climate that informally and tacitly defines how the firm develops and uses knowledge, thus it has a significant effect on knowledge creation capability The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of organizational culture on knowledge creation capability Design/methodology/approach - The data of 212 Chinese firms collected through face-to-face interview is used to empirically test the hypotheses. Findings - This study finds that organizational culture plays a critical role in knowledge creation capability Specially collectivism has a positive impact on knowledge creation capability, while power distance and uncertainty avoidance have negative effects. Originality/value - This study not only contributes to knowledge management research by identifying a key antecedent of knowledge creation capability - organizational culture - but also is of importance to organizational culture literature by demonstrating the proper organizational culture for knowledge creation capability

引用

页码：363 / 373

页数：11

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