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Kiyoshi Murata
Department Undergraduate School , School of Commerce Position Professor |
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| Language | English |
| Publication Date | 2011/01 |
| Type | Book Chapter Paper |
| Peer Review | Peer reviewed |
| Title | Knowledge Creation and Sharing in Japanese Organisations: A Socio-cultural Perspective on Ba |
| Contribution Type | Sole-authored |
| Journal | Da Costa, G. J. M. (Ed.), Ethical Issues and Social Dilemmas in Knowledge Management: Organizational Innovation |
| Journal Type | Another Country |
| Publisher | IGI Global (Information Science Reference) |
| Volume, Issue, Page | pp.1-16 |
| Details | This chapter deals with knowledge creation and sharing in Japanese organisations, focusing on organisational knowledge creation theory (e.g., Nonaka & Takeuchi, 1995; Nonaka & Konno, 1998) and Japanese socio-cultural characteristics, including uchi/soto awareness, insular collectivism and the hon'ne/tatemae tradition (Adams et al., 2009). In particular, the nature of the ba/field, in which knowledge creation and sharing activities are made, is examined from a Japanese socio-cultural perspective. In that examination, the author explores how knowledge creation and sharing in Japanese organisations is enhanced or restricted by the cultural characteristics of Japanese society. Success and failure factors in organisational knowledge creation and sharing are the targets of the investigation in this chapter. This clarifies intrinsic Japanese elements embedded in the knowledge creation theory and could be useful for non-Japanese organisations in applying the theory. |
| DOI | 10.4018/978-1-61520-873-9.ch001 |
| ISBN | 978-1-61520-873-9 |
| URL for researchmap | https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-873-9.ch001 |