Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Knowledge Management

by David J. Pauleen (Editor)

Knowledge, as intellectual capital in organizations, is one of the most valuable resources in the global economy; yet knowledge management research has been largely contained both within organizational boundaries and from the perspective of the West (in particular the United States). Here, the views of a diverse range of well-known academic researchers, industry leaders, and public policy experts have been brought together to show how knowledge and knowledge management perspectives vary across different cultures, in different contexts, using different processes for different purposes.

280 pages, Paperback

First published December 30, 2006

About the author

David J. Pauleen (PhD) is a professor in the School of Management, Massey University, Albany, New Zealand. Long-term research interests include emerging and virtual work practices, knowledge management, and more recently, the role of wisdom in management. His work has appeared in such journals as the Journal of Management Information Systems, Sloan Management Review, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Knowledge Management, and the Journal of Information Technology. He is also (co-) editor of four books and co-author of the book, Wisdom, Analytics and Wicked Problems: Integral Decisionmaking for the Data Age (2018).