Uncontrolled counter-knowledge: its effects onknowledge management corridors

Disinformation and misconceptions based on unverified information (e.g., hoaxes, exaggera-tions, or gossip) is what is called“counter-knowledge”. Knowledge management corridorsestablish a framework for relationships between the external and internal knowledge pro-cesses to enhance organisational per...

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Autores: Martelo-Landroguez, Silvia, Cegarra Navarro, Juan-Gabriel, Cepeda-Carrión, Gabriel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/87499
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/87499
https://doi.org/10.1080/14778238.2019.1599497
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Knowledge management processes
Counter-knowledge
Performance
Realised absorptive capacity
PLS
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Sumario:Disinformation and misconceptions based on unverified information (e.g., hoaxes, exaggera-tions, or gossip) is what is called“counter-knowledge”. Knowledge management corridorsestablish a framework for relationships between the external and internal knowledge pro-cesses to enhance organisational performance. This study proposes three knowledge man-agement processes (i.e., realised absorptive capacity, organisational memory, and knowledgeapplication) as those that constitute such critical corridors. The analysis of the role ofuncontrolled counter-knowledge in the relationship between those knowledge managementprocesses is the value of this paper. Hypotheses were tested using a SEM approach based oncomposites (PLS-SEM). Data were collected from 151 branch-office managers belonging tothe Spanish banking industry. The results show that counter-knowledge is only related torealised absorptive capacity and knowledge application, being the influence negative. Thelink between counter-knowledge and the other two constructs (i.e., organisational memoryand organisational performance) provides surprising results being statistically insignificant.