TY - JOUR
T1 - Knowledge contribution within the Eyre Peninsula’s fishing industry in Australia
AU - Quartey, Samuel Howard
AU - Wells, Sam
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Knowledge contribution has yielded extensive explanations regarding experts’ ability to share and combine new ideas, information, and knowledge for collective use and benefit. While the notion of knowledge contribution has largely benefited virtual, electronic and online communities and organisations, it is less appropriate in real organisations. This paper explores knowledge contribution within the Eyre Peninsula’s fishing industry in Australia, from a social capital perspective. Qualitative data were obtained from in-depth interviews with 54 value chain actors across the industry. The findings suggest that knowledge contribution is inconceivable without social processes. Formal and informal social processes explain knowledge contribution within the Eyre Peninsula’s fishing industry. A stronger emphasis on informal social processes foster tacit knowledge contribution, while formal social processes enhance explicit knowledge contribution. The paper advances social capital theory by showing that informal and formal social processes can develop relational practices and social structures that foster knowledge combination.
AB - Knowledge contribution has yielded extensive explanations regarding experts’ ability to share and combine new ideas, information, and knowledge for collective use and benefit. While the notion of knowledge contribution has largely benefited virtual, electronic and online communities and organisations, it is less appropriate in real organisations. This paper explores knowledge contribution within the Eyre Peninsula’s fishing industry in Australia, from a social capital perspective. Qualitative data were obtained from in-depth interviews with 54 value chain actors across the industry. The findings suggest that knowledge contribution is inconceivable without social processes. Formal and informal social processes explain knowledge contribution within the Eyre Peninsula’s fishing industry. A stronger emphasis on informal social processes foster tacit knowledge contribution, while formal social processes enhance explicit knowledge contribution. The paper advances social capital theory by showing that informal and formal social processes can develop relational practices and social structures that foster knowledge combination.
KW - Australia
KW - Eyre Peninsula region
KW - Knowledge contribution
KW - fishing industry
KW - social capital
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85086329486&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/14778238.2020.1767518
DO - 10.1080/14778238.2020.1767518
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85086329486
SN - 1477-8238
VL - 20
SP - 219
EP - 232
JO - Knowledge Management Research and Practice
JF - Knowledge Management Research and Practice
IS - 2
ER -