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Online Academic Networks as Knowledge Brokers: The Mediating Role of Organizational Support
Gandolfo DominiciAndreia Gabriela AndreiPatrizia GazzolaElena-mădălina Vătămănescusubject
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 & managementSoftwaredescription
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. Evidence was brought that, as knowledge brokers, online academic networks are systems aimed to support the access to human collective intelligence and consistent knowledge flows which exert a positive influence on research innovation, both directly and indirectly, by means of formal and informal organizational support. As facilitators of collaborative environments for individuals with specialized knowledge, competence, expertise and experience, online academic networks have set themselves up as an agora for academics worldwide and as an outlet for their acumen and literacy.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-04-14 |