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Knowledge transfer: An information theory perspective

Title
Knowledge transfer: An information theory perspective
Creator
Sudhindra S.; Ganesh L.S.; Arshinder K.
Description
Personalization and codification are two dominant knowledge transfer (KT) mechanisms found in organizations and organizational networks. This paper proposes a theoretical model of KT that explains organizations' choice of KT mechanisms in terms of the tacitness of knowledge being shared and the corresponding information content. Shannon's entropy, an information theoretical concept, has been used to define the constructs of tacitness and information content and explain their influence on the choice of the corresponding KT mechanisms. Contributions of the paper include (a) use of information content as a predictor of the choice of KT mechanisms, (b) development of an expression for tacitness, and an intuitive explanation of the tacit-explicit continuum, (c) characterization of product variety in terms of information content, and (d) development of a KT theoretical model that can be operationalized for predicting the choice of KT mechanisms in real-life situations. 2017 The OR Society.
Source
Knowledge Management Research and Practice, Vol-15, No. 3, pp. 400-412.
Date
2017-01-01
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.
Subject
Codification; Entropy; Information theory; Knowledge sharing; Knowledge transfer; Personalization; Tacitness of knowledge
Coverage
Sudhindra S., Institute of Management, Christ University, Hosur Road, Bangalore, 560029, India; Ganesh L.S., Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036, India; Arshinder K., Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036, India
Rights
Restricted Access
Relation
ISSN: 14778238
Format
Online
Language
English
Type
Article

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Citation

Sudhindra S.; Ganesh L.S.; Arshinder K., “Knowledge transfer: An information theory perspective,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed April 4, 2025, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/17012.

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