Replicating software engineering experiments: addressing the tacit knowledge problem

Knowledge sharing and technological innovation capabilities of Chinese software SMEs

Journal of Knowledge Management ◽

10.1108/jkm-08-2019-0445 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 24 (3) ◽

pp. 607-634 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Jianguo Yao ◽

Antonio Crupi ◽

Alberto Di Minin ◽

Xumei Zhang

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Management ◽

Software Engineering ◽

Knowledge Sharing ◽

Tacit Knowledge ◽

Technological Innovation ◽

Management System ◽

Content Type ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Positive Effects ◽

Tacit Knowledge Sharing

Purpose This paper aims to investigate how knowledge sharing influences technological innovation capability (TIC) of the software small- and medium-sized enterprises (SSMEs). Design/methodology/approach Based on the theories regarding knowledge management, TIC, software engineering and open innovation, this paper constructed a research model comprising factors affecting knowledge sharing, knowledge sharing and TIC, and then tested the model quantitatively. The study focuses on SSMEs in China collecting 457 online questionnaires and uses a structural equation model to test the hypotheses. Findings The knowledge sharing culture, organizational structure, middle-level leadership and management system have significantly positive effects on tacit knowledge sharing; management system and IT support have significantly positive effects on explicit knowledge sharing; both explicit and tacit knowledge sharing have significantly positive effects on TIC. Research limitations/implications The study enriches the research on knowledge sharing and TIC. However, it does not consider factors affecting knowledge sharing at the non-organizational level or the interaction between explicit and tacit knowledge sharing. Practical implications The study offers several recommendations/suggestions for helping SSMEs to promote and implement explicit or tacit knowledge sharing and TIC. Originality/value This paper examines the impact of knowledge sharing on TIC from the perspective of knowledge management deconstructing knowledge sharing from the epistemological dimension and the TIC of software companies on the basis of software engineering theory. It provided a new theoretical perspective for the research of knowledge management and technological innovation management in SSMEs.

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The Tacit Knowledge Problem in Multinational Corporations: Japanese and US Offshore Knowledge Incubators

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.1869909 ◽

2011 ◽

Author(s):

Alice Lam

Keyword(s):

Tacit Knowledge ◽

Multinational Corporations ◽

Knowledge Problem

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Explicit and tacit knowledge conversion effects, in software engineering undergraduate students

Knowledge Management Research & Practice ◽

10.1057/s41275-017-0065-7 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 15 (3) ◽

pp. 336-345 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Maria Angelica Astorga-Vargas ◽

Brenda L. Flores-Rios ◽

Guillermo Licea-Sandoval ◽

Felix F. Gonzalez-Navarro

Keyword(s):

Software Engineering ◽

Tacit Knowledge ◽

Undergraduate Students ◽

Knowledge Conversion

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Abstraction: An alternative neurocognitive account of recognition, prediction, and decision making

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x19003017 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 43 ◽

Author(s):

Valerie F. Reyna ◽

David A. Broniatowski

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Software Engineering ◽

Systems Engineering ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Extensive Literature ◽

Trace Theory ◽

Fuzzy Trace Theory ◽

Abstract Representations ◽

Technical Systems

Abstract Gilead et al. offer a thoughtful and much-needed treatment of abstraction. However, it fails to build on an extensive literature on abstraction, representational diversity, neurocognition, and psychopathology that provides important constraints and alternative evidence-based conceptions. We draw on conceptions in software engineering, socio-technical systems engineering, and a neurocognitive theory with abstract representations of gist at its core, fuzzy-trace theory.

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