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The Impact of Culture on the Application of the SECI Model

The Impact of Culture on the Application of the SECI Model

Markus Haag, Yanqing Duan, Brian Mathews
Copyright: © 2010 |Pages: 22
ISBN13: 9781605667904|ISBN10: 1605667900|EISBN13: 9781605667911
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-790-4.ch002
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Haag, Markus, et al. "The Impact of Culture on the Application of the SECI Model." Cultural Implications of Knowledge Sharing, Management and Transfer: Identifying Competitive Advantage, edited by Deogratias Harorimana, IGI Global, 2010, pp. 26-47. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-790-4.ch002

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Haag, M., Duan, Y., & Mathews, B. (2010). The Impact of Culture on the Application of the SECI Model. In D. Harorimana (Ed.), Cultural Implications of Knowledge Sharing, Management and Transfer: Identifying Competitive Advantage (pp. 26-47). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-790-4.ch002

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Haag, Markus, Yanqing Duan, and Brian Mathews. "The Impact of Culture on the Application of the SECI Model." In Cultural Implications of Knowledge Sharing, Management and Transfer: Identifying Competitive Advantage, edited by Deogratias Harorimana, 26-47. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2010. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-790-4.ch002

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Abstract

The concept of culture and its relationship with Nonaka’s SECI model, a widely used model of organizational knowledge creation, is discussed in this chapter. Culture, in various forms, is argued to impact on the SECI model and the model itself is embedded in a certain context. This context determines the characteristics of the knowledge creation modes as described by SECI and therefore makes the model either more, or less, pertinent in a given context. This is regardless of whether that context is primarily determined by national culture, organizational culture or other factors. Differences in emphases in a given contextual environment on either tacit or explicit knowledge also impacts on knowledge creation as defined by SECI. Finally, it is emphasized that being conscious of the cultural situatedness of the SECI model can lead to a more adequate use of the model for organizational knowledge creation.

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