Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Knowledge transfer: An information theory perspective Subject The topic of the resource Codification; Entropy; Information theory; Knowledge sharing; Knowledge transfer; Personalization; Tacitness of knowledge Description An account of the resource 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. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Sudhindra S.; Ganesh L.S.; Arshinder K. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Knowledge Management Research and Practice, Vol-15, No. 3, pp. 400-412. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2017-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1057/s41275-017-0060-z" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1057/s41275-017-0060-z</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85021788993&amp;doi=10.1057%2Fs41275-017-0060-z&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=421e4ccecb35b80eab454b29aa0a0477" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85021788993&amp;doi=10.1057%2fs41275-017-0060-z&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=421e4ccecb35b80eab454b29aa0a0477</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 14778238 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 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