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Tacit Knowledge: Conceptualizations and Operationalizations

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  • Hazel Taylor

    (University of Washington, USA)

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This study reviews the use of the term “tacit knowledge” in the knowledge management and broader management literature and argues that it is frequently used with an inadequate definition as a catch-all phrase for any knowledge that is not formally recorded. A framework of categories of knowledge is developed to clarify different authors’ conceptualizations of the tacit dimension of knowledge. This framework distinguishes between how different types of knowledge are acquired, manifested, and transferred. These are key distinctions for researchers aiming to investigate aspects of tacit knowledge. Two operationalizations of the tacit knowledge concept that have been applied in the business domain are discussed.

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  • Hazel Taylor, 2007. "Tacit Knowledge: Conceptualizations and Operationalizations," International Journal of Knowledge Management (IJKM), IGI Global, vol. 3(3), pages 60-73, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jkm000:v:3:y:2007:i:3:p:60-73
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    1. Chatterjee, Sidharta, 2014. "Managing Constraints and Removing Obstacles to Knowledge Management," MPRA Paper 57789, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Pilar Arroyo López & Lourdes Cárcamo Solís, 2009. "El desarrollo de KIBS en México El sector servicios en el contexto de la economía del conocimiento," Economia y Sociedad., Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Facultad de Economia, issue 23, pages 65-78, Enero-Jun.
    3. Katarína Karasová & Vladimír Baláž, "undated". "Building and Transferring Human Capital Via Migration," Review of Socio - Economic Perspectives 201817, Reviewsep.

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