Overcoming cultural barriers for innovation and knowledge sharing

Article Type: Abstracts From: Strategic Direction, Volume 26, Issue 3

Rivera-Vazquez J.C., Ortiz-Fournier L.V., Flores F.R.Journal of Knowledge Management (UK), 2009, Vol. 13 No. 5, Start page: 257, No. of pages: 14

Purpose – Aims to identify the cultural barriers that set back knowledge production and sharing in organizations of the Municipality of Caguas at the Commonwealth of the Puerto Rico in order to find effective ways to overcome them. To explore how the enterprise promotes efficiency among employees and how they develop a suitable environment for knowledge production and sharing. Design/methodology/approach – The qualitative research consists of in-depth interviews, carried out to management personnel, and questionnaires submitted to the employees. Two hypotheses are developed and tested using the results obtained from four organizations, public and private.Article type:Case studyISSN: 1367-3270Reference: 38AY186

Keywords: Corporate culture, Innovation, Knowledge management, Knowledge sharing, National cultures, Puerto Rico