Leadership antecedents of informal knowledge acquisition and dissemination

• Main Authors: HOE, Siu Loon, MCSHANE, Steve
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2002
• Subjects: organisational learning; knowledge acquisition; knowledge dissemination; Databases and Information Systems; Leadership Studies; Management Information Systems
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/5174; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/6177/viewcontent/Leadership_antecedents_of_informal_knowl.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Knowledge management is emerging as one of the leading influences on an organisation’s survival and competitive advantage (Blumentritt & Johnston 1999). Knowledge management is concerned with the effective acquisition, sharing, storage and utilisation of knowledge (Huber 1991; Saffady 1998). Corporate leaders are increasingly aware of the notion that an organisation’s long-term survival depends on its ability to generate new knowledge and continuously learn from the environment. The importance of a superior organisational learning capability as a source of competitive advantage is a common refrain among both managers and scholars (e.g. Kohli & Jaworski 1990; Nonaka 1991; Quinn 1992; Slater & Narver 1995; Stata 1989; Stewart 1997).