Accelerated Engaged Tacit Knowledge Acquisition during Executive Succession

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rida Elias ◽  
Bassam Farah
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Acquisition ◽  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Executive Succession

Accelerated engaged tacit knowledge acquisition during executive succession

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 573-594
Author(s):  
Rida Elias ◽  
Bassam Farah
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Knowledge Acquisition ◽  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Transition Period ◽  
Knowledge Flow ◽  
Executive Succession ◽  
Human Resource Managers ◽  
Specific Knowledge ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Resource Managers

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a model that can explain how organizations may retain their executives’ tacit knowledge in the organization especially during the succession period. The proposed model takes into consideration three critical contexts that may assist in improving the knowledge flow during the transition period, namely, motivation context, transition context and ability context. Design/methodology/approach This paper presents a conceptual framework that emphasizes the importance of the will and skill of two parties involved in succession, i.e. the predecessor and successor, as well as the context of the succession. To this end, the paper advances a set of propositions that explain how these different contexts affect the quantity and quality of the knowledge acquired by the successor at the end of the succession period. Findings This paper advances a theoretical model that describes the antecedents and moderator of job-specific knowledge acquired during executive succession. Research limitations/implications This paper presents a theoretical model that explains knowledge flow during the transitory period of succession. It emphasizes the importance of the motivation and ability of the partners involved while taking into consideration the context of succession. Practical implications This paper contributes considerably and in a practical manner to managers in general and to human resource managers in particular. It draws the attention of concerned managers to check the motivation of both successor and predecessor in experiencing the transition, explain to the successors the job description of the position to direct their attention to learn specific knowledge and equip both parties involved in the succession with the needed skills. Originality/value This paper advances a new concept termed as accelerated engaged tacit knowledge acquisition. This concept complements other perspectives of knowledge flow and learning and takes into consideration the specific context of executive succession.

Research on Knowledge Discovery and Stock Forecasting of Financial News Based on Domain Ontology

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (03) ◽  
pp. 953-979 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lingling Zhang ◽  
Minghui Zhao ◽  
Zili Feng
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Acquisition ◽  
Knowledge Discovery ◽  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Explicit Knowledge ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Online News ◽  
Domain Ontology ◽  
General Mechanism ◽  
Financial News ◽  
Knowledge Reasoning

In the era of big data, how to obtain useful knowledge from online news and utilize it as an important basis to make investment decision has become the hotspot of industrial and academic research. At present, there have been research and practice on explicit knowledge acquisition from news, but tacit knowledge acquisition is still under exploration. Based on the general mechanism of domain knowledge, knowledge reasoning, and knowledge discovery, this paper constructs a framework for discovering tacit knowledge from news and applying the knowledge to stock forecasting. The concrete work is as follows: First, according to the characteristics of financial field and the conceptual cube, the conceptual structure of industry–company–product is constructed, and the framework of domain ontology is put forward. Second, with the construction of financial field ontology, the financial news knowledge management framework is proposed. Besides, with the application of attributes in ontology and domain rules extracted from news text, the knowledge reasoning mechanism of financial news is constructed to achieve financial news knowledge discovery. Finally, news knowledge that reflects important information about stock changes is integrated into the traditional stock price forecasting model and the newly proposed model performs well in the empirical analysis of polyester industry.

Tacit Knowledge Management Within Hospitality Establishments

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 15-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Spyros Avdimiotis
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Knowledge Acquisition ◽  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Task Assignment ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Fierce Competition ◽  
Tacit Knowledge Management

Tacit knowledge is a concept developed in connection with knowledge management research field. It is acknowledged as the cornerstone of competitive advantage; however, merely its possession does not guarantee an edge in fierce competition. Even though tacit knowledge holds a dominative role towards labor efficiency, productivity and innovation, the subject of tacit knowledge acquisition and transfer has been rather unexploited, mostly due to its intrinsic, highly personal and seamlessly bonded to holder's personality, attributes. The purpose of the article is to contribute to the exploitation of the embedded tacit knowledge of employees in hospitality establishments, a sector where the employment of tacit knowledge has to be extensive and foremost, capitalizing the maximum of personnel competences. Moreover, the paper correlates tacit knowledge acquisition and transfer, with behaviors stemming from a working environment where task assignment is adjusted to employees personal characteristics. Towards this goal, research hypotheses were built and tested, using SEM Methodology.

Tacit knowledge acquisition in virtual teams

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darryl Diptee ◽  
Jason Diptee
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Acquisition ◽  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Virtual Teams

scholarly journals The Effect of Social Media-Enabled Mentoring on Online Tacit Knowledge Acquisition within Sustainable Organizations: A Moderated Mediation Model

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 616
Author(s):  
Zhenjiao Chen ◽  
Douglas Vogel ◽  
Tianan Yang ◽  
Jianwei Deng
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Knowledge Acquisition ◽  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Social Presence ◽  
Cognitive Learning ◽  
Affective Learning ◽  
Learning Mechanism ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Mediation Processes ◽  
Sustainable Organizations

Tacit knowledge is an important strategic resource to the sustainable development of organizations. Although scholars and practitioners have noticed the growing use of social media in transferring tacit knowledge, extant empirical research has been fairly mute about this phenomenon. This study is novel in that it explores when and how social media used for mentoring (i.e., an emerging electronic mentoring) promotes tacit knowledge acquisition in sustainable organizations. This study develops a framework and proposes six hypotheses, which predict how social media-enabled mentoring promotes tacit knowledge acquisition through two mediators. Furthermore, two social media characteristics moderate the two mediating processes. The authors conducted a three-wave longitudinal survey in 45 sustainable companies and obtained 156 valid cases. All of the hypotheses are supported. The findings show that the effects of social media-enabled mentoring on tacit knowledge acquisition are mediated by both an affective learning mechanism (i.e., liking) and cognitive learning mechanism (i.e., shared mental model). Moreover, the two mediation processes are moderated by two capabilities of social media (i.e., social presence and synchronicity). This research bridges extant e-mentoring literature and sustainable TK management literature. It also enlightens managers to effectively integrate social media and mentoring to improve TKA in sustainable organizations.

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