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http://dx.doi.org/10.3743/KOSIM.2018.35.4.285

The Effects of Information Culture and Organizational Culture on Knowledge Utilization  

Seo, Eun-Gyoung (한성대학교 크리에이티브인문학부)
Park, Heejin (한성대학교 크리에이티브인문학부)
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Journal of the Korean Society for information Management / v.35, no.4, 2018 , pp. 285-308 More about this Journal
Abstract
Knowledge utilization is an activity directly linked to organizational capacity and is the most essential activity in knowledge management that is to produce new values. Thus, systematic and comprehensive understanding of factors and the environment that affect knowledge utilization are needed. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of information culture and organizational culture on knowledge utilization. For this, data were collected from 300 workers from 6 institutions including government-funded research institutes, libraries, and cooperation research institutes. This study analyzes the effects of six aspects of information cultures and four organizational culture types on knowledge utilization. The results show that information cultures(control, transparency, proactiveness) and organizational culture (The Clan Culture, The Adhocracy Culture, The Market Culture, The Hierarchy Culture) are significantly influential factors for the knowledge utilization. Based on results, this study provides the implication of knowledge sharing in the organizations and suggests further studies.
Keywords
information culture; organizational culture; knowledge utilization; knowledge sharing; knowledge management;
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