Table 2.

Theoretical perspectives used by reviewed studies

Theoretical perspectiveKey concepts/issues addressedAuthors
Single perspectiveMultiple perspectives
KMKnowledge types
Knowledge repositories
Knowledge loss
Knowledge (loss) risk
Knowledge dynamics
KM process
KM management tools
KM strategies
KM system
KM context
Knowledge network
Arif et al. (2009), Caldas, Elkington, O'Connor & Jung-Yeol (2015), Castro & Neira (2005), Cattani, Dunbar & Shapira (2013), Chandra et al. (2015), Doloriert & Whitworth (2011), Durst & Wilhelm (2011, 2012, 2013), Girard (2005), Guillou et al. (2009), Jackson (2010), Jafari et al. (2011), Joe, Yoong & Patel (2013), Joshi, Farooquie & Chawla (2016), Levallet & Chan (2019), Ensslin et al. (2020), Levy (2011), Linderman et al. (2011), Kuyken, Ebrahimi & Saives (2018), Martins & Meyer (2012), Massingham (2014a, 2014b, 2018), McQuade, Sjoer, Fabian, Nascimento & Schroeder (2007), Motshegwa (2017), Olander & Hurmelinna-Laukkanen (2015), Phaladi & Ngulube (2022), Pollack (2012), Ragab & Arisha (2015), Ragsdell et al. (2014), Rubenstein-Montano et al. (2001), Shankar, Mittal, Rabinowitz, Baveja & Acharia (2013), Souto & Bruno-Faria (2022), Starke et al. (2003), Sumbal, Tsui, See-to & Barendrecht (2017), Sumbal, Tsui, Cheong & See-to (2018), Tan et al. (2006, 2007), Wikström, Eriksson, Karamehmedovic & Liff (2018), Yang & Wan (2004) Acharya & Mishra (2017), Aiman-Smith et al. (2006), Castro-Casal, Neira-Fontela & Alvarez-Perez (2013), Daghfous et al. (2013), Daghfous et al. (2021), Haesli & Boxall (2005), Kumar & Yakhlef (2016), Leon et al. (2017), Lin, Chang & Tsai (2016), Martin-Perez & Martin-Cruz (2015), Massingham (2008), Massingham & Massingham (2014), Mauelshagen, Smith, Schiller, Denyer, Rocks & Pollard (2014), Mishra & Bhaskar (2011), Parise (2007), Parise et al. (2006), Scalzo (2006), Shujahat et al. (2021), Sitlington & Marshall (2011), Stovel & Bontis (2002), Su et al. (2021), Treleaven & Sykes (2005), Whelan & Carcary (2011) 
OLKnowledge types
Knowledge repositories
Knowledge dynamics
Learning
Unlearning
Forgetting
Learning curve
Organizational memory
Agrawal, Mukherjee & Muthulingam (2020), Awazu, Mariano & Newell (2019), Ciuk & Kostera (2010), Cross & Baird (2000), de Holan & Phillips (2004), Fernandez & Sune (2009), Klammer & Gueldenberg (2020), Leon (2020), López & Sune (2013), Stark & Head (2019) Eckardt, Skaggs & Youndt (2014), Griggs & Hyland (2003), Jain (2022), Park, Chang & Lee (2022), Pee et al. (2014), Pu, Zhang, Tse, Feng, Tang & Fan (2022), Rao & Argote (2006), Stark (2019), Tang & Zhang (2022), Uhunoma et al. (2021), Wensley & Navarro (2015), Yeh, Tseng & Lim (2020), Wang & Zheng (2022) 
Organizational theoriesOrganizational processes
Organizational structures
Organizational culture
Decisions
Organization–stakeholder relationships
Bendapudi & Leone (2002) Acharya & Mishra (2017), Brymer & Sirmon (2018), Eckardt et al. (2014), Kumar & Yakhlef (2016), Lin et al. (2016), Massingham & Massingham (2014), Mauelshagen, Smith, Schiller, Denyer, Rocks & Pollard (2014), Stark (2019), Uhunoma et al. (2021) 
Organizational changeOrganizational change
Organizational change process
Organizational restructuring
Pollack & Pollack (2015) Griggs & Hyland (2003), Scalzo (2006), Sitlington & Marshall (2011), Treleaven & Sykes (2005) 
HR & HRMEmployee turnover
Context-emergent employee turnover
High-value HR
HRM functions
HRM strategies
Talent management strategies
Reward systems
Aiman-Smith et al. (2006), Brymer & Sirmon (2018), Castro-Casal et al. (2013), Daghfous et al. (2013), Eckardt et al. (2014), Fasbender & Gerpott (2021), Haesli & Boxall (2005), Kumar & Yakhlef (2016), Lin et al. (2016), Martin-Perez & Martin-Cruz (2015), Parise (2007), Park et al. (2022), Pee et al. (2014), Pu et al. (2022), Rao & Argote (2006), Shujahat et al. (2021), Sitlington & Marshall (2011), Stovel & Bontis (2002), Whelan & Carcary (2011) 
Intellectual capitalHuman capital
Social capital
Structural capital
Relational capital
Massingham (2008), Pee et al. (2014), Stovel & Bontis (2002), Yeh et al. (2020) 
Learning organizationLearning organization featuresGriggs & Hyland (2003), Mishra & Bhaskar (2011) 
NetworkNetwork structuresJain (2022), Leon et al. (2017), Parise et al. (2006), Su et al. (2021), Tang & Zhang (2022) 
Dynamic capabilitiesAbsorptive capacity
Realized absorptive capacity
Technological capabilities
Lin et al. (2016), Park et al. (2022), Wensley & Navarro (2015), Wang & Zheng (2022) 
Operations managementBusiness operations
Operational processes
Operational systems Supply chain risk management
Daghfous et al. (2013), Daghfous et al. (2021),
Eckardt et al. (2014) 
Social cognitive theoriesIn-group-oriented behaviors
Out-group-oriented behaviors
Self-regulation
 Fasbender & Gerpott (2021), Pu et al. (2022) 

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