... to organizational knowledge management (Ismail et al., 2013). This study aims to address the gap by: identifying a set of idiosyncratic job-design practices pertinent to knowledge work based on Drucker’s theory; and examining how these practices can cultivate personal knowledge management...

...Giovanni Schiuma; Karim Moustaghfir; Miikka Palvalin; Antti Lönnqvist; Maiju Vuolle Purpose The potential of information and communication technology (ICT) in improving knowledge work productivity is well‐documented in the existing literature. However, prior research fails to provide means...

...Anoush Margaryan; Colin Milligan; Allison Littlejohn Purpose This study aims to test the validity of a knowledge work typology proposed by Davenport. Although this typology has been referenced extensively in the literature, it does not appear to have been empirically validated. Design...

...Jalil Heidary Dahooie; Abbas Afrazeh; Seyed Mohammad Moathar Hosseini Purpose This study attempts to identify the different types of activities that comprise a worker's job, and provide a framework for quantitative definition and segmentation of knowledge works (KWs). Design...

...William D. Guns; Liisa Välikangas This paper adopts a way of looking at knowledge work that is inherently personal and more intimate: How we know depends on who we are. SRI’s Values and Lifestyles™ research offers empirical findings that help shape the knowledge profiles of different people...