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Elena-mădălina Vătămănescu

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Online Academic Networks as Knowledge Brokers: The Mediating Role of Organizational Support

2018

Placing online academic networks in the framework of social, cultural and institutional “deterritorialization,” the current paper aims at investigating the functionality of these new forms of transnational and trans-organizational aggregations as knowledge brokers. The emphasis is laid on the influence of human collective intelligence and consistent knowledge flows on research innovation, considering the role of organizational support within higher education systems. In this respect, the research relied on a questionnaire-based survey with 140 academics from European emerging countries, the data collected being processed via a partial least squares structural equation modelling technique. E…

Information Systems and ManagementKnowledge managementHigher educationComputer Networks and Communicationsmedia_common.quotation_subjectbrokerageStructural equation modelingLiteracylcsh:TA168Deterritorializationlcsh:Technology (General)0502 economics and businessdeterritorializationAgoraknowledge brokersSociologyEmerging marketsknowledge brokers; brokerage; online academic networks; organizational support; deterritorializationCompetence (human resources)media_commoncomputer.programming_languageknowledge brokerbusiness.industry05 social sciencesorganizational supportCollective intelligenceonline academic networkonline academic networkslcsh:Systems engineeringControl and Systems EngineeringModeling and Simulationlcsh:T1-995050211 marketingbusinessSettore SECS-P/08 - Economia E Gestione Delle Impresecomputer050203 business & managementSoftware
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Untangling knowledge fields and knowledge dynamics within the decision-making process

2020

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to analyse the influences of different types of knowledge and their inherent dynamics on the effectiveness of the decision-making (DM) process. Knowledge dynamics (KD) is envisioned through the lens of the knowledge fields theory while effective DM process is objectivised via organisational appreciation and reward, higher business performance, sustainable partnerships and managerial satisfaction with previous achievements.Design/methodology/approachA questionnaire-based survey was conducted with 275 middle managers from companies operating in the business consulting field. The conceptual and structural model was tested using the partial least squares stru…

Descriptive knowledgeKnowledge managementbusiness.industryRational knowledge05 social sciencesMiddle managementRationalityManagement Science and Operations ResearchGeneral Business Management and AccountingStructural equation modeling0502 economics and businessKnowledge fields Knowledge dynamics Decision-making Rationality Intuition Middle management050211 marketingDecision-makingbusinessPsychologySettore SECS-P/08 - Economia E Gestione Delle Imprese050203 business & managementIntuitionManagement Decision
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