In many organisations, conservation of specialised expertise is picked out as a central
theme only after experienced members have already left. The paper presents the SELaKT …

Whilst the primary importance of informal communities of practice and knowledge networks
in innovation and knowledge management is widely accepted (see Armbrecht et al., 2001; …

Social network analysis is a sociological paradigm to analyse structural patterns of social
relationships. It provides a set of methods and measures to identify, visualise, and analyse …

The purpose of this work is to introduce a systematic method for identifying expertise
(knowledge identification). The technique, borrowed from the social sciences and known as …

Abstract Knowledge sharing is an important part of an employee's tasks as it is one of the
mechanisms through which they learn and innovate. Sharing of knowledge typically occurs …

A social network perspective helps identify and analyse informal knowledge transfer among
people and organisations with the aim to recommend organisational interventions and …

This literature review highlights some Social Network Analysis (SNA) concepts applicable to
the study of organizational knowledge and, more particularly, to knowledge heterogeneity …

The knowledge of an organization's employees is a valuable asset. Therefore organizations
should ensure that their employees share their knowledge among each other. Knowledge …

Social network analysis (SNA) is a technique that is used to determine knowledge flows and
gaps in mapping social networks for various knowledge types. Social Networking: The …

Formal structures underpinning organisational charts may not really reflect the actual
knowledge flows. It is the informal networks that have played a critical role in getting …