Exploring the Relationships among Individual Knowledge Management Outcomes

Abstract

Abstract

Explaining factors affecting individual innovation: The case of producer group members in Thailand

“…At the individual level, only Muhammed et al's (2008) study has shown that organizational knowledge management will help increase an individual's understanding of the people (know-who), locations (know-where), and timing (knowwhen) aspects necessary to complete the task, which in turn affects individual innovation. They argued that knowing who the stakeholders are and understanding their needs and expectations can positively contribute to making the outcomes novel and interesting for them.…”

“…At the individual level, several authors suggest that individual creativity (Heye, 2006;Schilling, 2008) and self-leadership (DiLiello & Houghton, 2006) are important antecedents of innovation. Knowledge management (Aulawi et al, 2009;Muhammed et al, 2008) and culture (Janssen et al, 2004) are the antecedents at the group level. In addition, previous conceptual papers also suggest that organizational culture may substantially influence individual creativity and selfleadership (D'Intino et al, 2007;Manz & Sims, 1989).…”

“…Knowing where he/she can get appropriate resources to accomplish the task, and knowing when to use such information and take appropriate actions can help the individual ease the task of performing those creative actions. In addition, organizational knowledge management is a contextual factor that enables or deters behavior related to how individuals manage their knowledge (e.g., creation, sharing, and application) (Muhammed et al, 2008). An outcome of managing knowledge effectively at the individual level is to have the right knowledge at the right time, so that appropriate values can be added, and workers can enact creative actions (Muhammed et al, 2008).…”

“…In addition, organizational knowledge management is a contextual factor that enables or deters behavior related to how individuals manage their knowledge (e.g., creation, sharing, and application) (Muhammed et al, 2008). An outcome of managing knowledge effectively at the individual level is to have the right knowledge at the right time, so that appropriate values can be added, and workers can enact creative actions (Muhammed et al, 2008). Thus, we expect groups' knowledge management to positively affect group members' innovation:…”

“…Previous works have suggested that firm knowledge management (Aulawi, Sudirman, Suryadi, & Govindaraju, 2009;Muhammed, Doll, & Deng, 2008) indirectly affects the individual innovation via creativity. In the Thai context, Tongboonrawd and Sukpradit's (2007) case study showed that local knowledge management positively affects innovation, which in turn contributes to the survivability of Thai community product producers.…”