Despite the existing cultural contrasts in the US and Japan there are some common organizational practices that positively impact an organization’s knowledge-sharing environment. While these results support a model of core organizational practices that foster knowledge sharing and that are transferable across national cultures our findings also support the need for careful consideration of the type of practices applied across different cultures.
Construct | Cites | Category | Questions given? | Content validity | Pretests | Response type | Notes |
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Centralization of Decisions | Miller, 1982 | yes | three rounds of several academics and domain experts | pilot | not described | ||
Well-Articulated Decision Making Practices | Hoving, 2003 | yes | three rounds of several academics and domain experts | pilot | not described | ||
Agile Business Strategy | Hoving, 2003 | yes | three rounds of several academics and domain experts | pilot | not described | ||
Organizational Knowledge Sharing | NEW | yes | three rounds of several academics and domain experts | pilot | not described | ||
Data Quality Management Practices | NEW | yes | three rounds of several academics and domain experts | pilot | not described | ||
Collaborative Tool Usage | NEW | yes | three rounds of several academics and domain experts | pilot | not described |
Sherry D. Ryan, John C. Windsor, Bashorat Ibragimova, and Victor R. Prybutok. Organizational Practices That Foster Knowledge Sharing: Validation across Distinct National Cultures. Informing Science: The International Journal of an Emerging Transdiscipline, 13:139–164, 2010. doi:10.28945/1296.
@article{ryan_organizational_2010,
author = {Ryan, Sherry D. and Windsor, John C. and Ibragimova, Bashorat and Prybutok, Victor R.},
doi = {10.28945/1296},
issn = {1547-9684, 1521-4672},
journal = {Informing Science: The International Journal of an Emerging Transdiscipline},
language = {en},
pages = {139-164},
shorttitle = {Organizational {{Practices That Foster Knowledge Sharing}}},
title = {Organizational {{Practices That Foster Knowledge Sharing}}: {{Validation}} across {{Distinct National Cultures}}},
volume = {13},
year = {2010}
}