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Knowledge Management Research Based on Social Network Theories: A Review with Future Directions

  • Tae Hun Kim (e-Business at Ajou School of Business, Ajou University)
  • Received : 2022.01.01
  • Accepted : 2022.03.14
  • Published : 2022.03.31
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Abstract

This review aims to synthesize social network theories by drawing on the importance of social network perspectives in understanding knowledge management with technology in organizations. I provide an overview of prior social network research with the following core ideas: the primacy of relations between organizational actors, the utility of actors' embeddedness in social fields, the social utility of network connections, and the structural patterning of social life. On top of that, I summarize critical social perspectives (the social capital theory, the structural hole theory, the embeddedness perspective, the social exchange theory, the organizational learning theory, and the innovation diffusion theory) to suggest potential research questions for future studies in social network research in the knowledge management discipline.

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