Abstract: The goal of the present paper is to advance the comprehension of knowledge brokerage by integrating various streams of research into an integrated conceptual framework. We identify and build upon two main streams of literature: the first views knowledge brokers primarily as facilitators of knowledge transfer, and the second considers knowledge brokers as
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Knowledge Integrator Nodes (KINs)
Abstract: The concept of the emergence of a knowledge integrator node in project teams or internal and external networks of a firm is explored. Aspects of the literature on the knowledge creation process and key actors and their roles and knowledge management in boundary-spanning networks development in multinational companies are presented. A grain trading
Knowledge Management Education in iSchools
Abstract: The emergence of Knowledge Management (KM) has raised an on-going debate on how it may relate to pre-existing fields and schools of thoughts. The main dispute focuses on whether Library and Information Science (LIS) and KM are distinct fields of specialisation. Whilst one school claims that KM is merely a new name for
Health and Social Care Knowledge Management Competencies
Abstract: Knowledge management literature has thoroughly discussed the aims and objectives of managing knowledge, recognized critical success factors of knowledge processes, analyzed knowledge creation, transfer and sharing, and even some indications of the effects of knowledge management have been evidenced. However, despite skills, competences, and employees’ knowledge and experience are among the recognized success