.... The second objective of our meta-analytic review is to explain the variability in contingency factors that may influence the SECI model-organisational performance relationship. Drawing on the contingency theory (CT), this study explores two contingency factors (organisational culture and technology...

... studies have considered the role of internal competition, and those that have generally only explored cases in which antagonistic behavior led to the community’s collapse. Design/methodology/approach A contingency theory of communities of practice is developed based on the manifestations of members...

... sharing, boundary spanning theory and contingency theory, this paper increases the understanding of the salient factors that are often implicitly assumed in mechanisms involved in transforming knowledge into new product performance. This is the first empirical study to focus on boundary spanners...