Objectivity and Subjectivity in Knowledge Management: A Review of 20 Top Articles

被引:101
作者
Nonaka, Ikujiro [1 ,2 ]
Peltokorpi, Vesa [1 ]
机构
[1] Hitotsubashi Univ, Grad Sch Int Corp Strategy, Tokyo, Japan
[2] Univ Calif Berkeley, IMIO, Knowledge, Berkeley, CA USA
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10.1002/kpm.251
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C93 [管理学];
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12 ; 1201 ; 1202 ; 120202 ;
摘要
In recent years knowledge management (KM) has received increased attention from academics and practitioners. There are several challenges to establishing KM as a separate discipline one of themost central being conceptual plurality. The purpose of this paper is to review and position 20 of the most frequently cited KM articles in management journals. More specifically, this paper classifies the KM publications on the subjectivity-objectivity continuum, discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the publications drawing from positivism and interpretative philosophies, and further discusses the challenges in KM, and how objectivity and subjectivity can be used to provide both product and process orientations in future research. Copyright (C) 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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