{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2094960518","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1108/13673270710832208","title":"Social networks and knowledge sharing in organizations: a case study","display_name":"Social networks and knowledge sharing in organizations: a case study","publication_year":2007,"publication_date":"2007-10-20","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2094960518","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1108/13673270710832208","mag":"2094960518"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1108/13673270710832208","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1108/13673270710832208","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S50631486","display_name":"Journal of Knowledge Management","issn_l":"1367-3270","issn":["1367-3270","1758-7484"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319811","host_organization_name":"Emerald Publishing Limited","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319811"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Emerald Publishing Limited"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Knowledge Management","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5038194674","display_name":"Laila Marouf","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I36721946","display_name":"Kuwait University","ror":"https://ror.org/021e5j056","country_code":"KW","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I36721946"]}],"countries":["KW"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Laila Naif Marouf","raw_affiliation_strings":["Kuwait University, Kuwait",", Kuwait University, Kuwait"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Kuwait University, Kuwait","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I36721946"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":", Kuwait University, Kuwait","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I36721946"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5038194674"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I36721946"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":11.4012,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":115,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.98168711,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":95,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"11","issue":"6","first_page":"110","last_page":"125"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12028","display_name":"Knowledge Management and Sharing","score":0.9962000250816345,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3315","display_name":"Communication"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12028","display_name":"Knowledge Management and Sharing","score":0.9962000250816345,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3315","display_name":"Communication"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11239","display_name":"Social Capital and Networks","score":0.9851999878883362,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10003","display_name":"Innovation and Knowledge Management","score":0.9793000221252441,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1408","display_name":"Strategy and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/closeness","display_name":"Closeness","score":0.8032699823379517},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/knowledge-sharing","display_name":"Knowledge sharing","score":0.7682408094406128},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/knowledge-management","display_name":"Knowledge management","score":0.6835352182388306},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/interpersonal-ties","display_name":"Interpersonal ties","score":0.6127960681915283},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/association","display_name":"Association (psychology)","score":0.5876836180686951},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/business","display_name":"Business","score":0.4515863060951233},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.2693721652030945},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/psychology","display_name":"Psychology","score":0.14245161414146423},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/social-psychology","display_name":"Social psychology","score":0.09968686103820801}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779545769","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5135364","display_name":"Closeness","level":2,"score":0.8032699823379517},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776604539","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6423395","display_name":"Knowledge sharing","level":2,"score":0.7682408094406128},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C56739046","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192060","display_name":"Knowledge management","level":1,"score":0.6835352182388306},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C142189719","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1276633","display_name":"Interpersonal ties","level":2,"score":0.6127960681915283},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C142853389","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q744778","display_name":"Association (psychology)","level":2,"score":0.5876836180686951},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.4515863060951233},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.2693721652030945},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.14245161414146423},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77805123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161272","display_name":"Social psychology","level":1,"score":0.09968686103820801},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C542102704","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q183257","display_name":"Psychotherapist","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C134306372","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7754","display_name":"Mathematical analysis","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1108/13673270710832208","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1108/13673270710832208","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S50631486","display_name":"Journal of Knowledge Management","issn_l":"1367-3270","issn":["1367-3270","1758-7484"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319811","host_organization_name":"Emerald Publishing Limited","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319811"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Emerald Publishing Limited"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Knowledge Management","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/17","display_name":"Partnerships for the goals","score":0.4099999964237213}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":40,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W950821216","https://openalex.org/W1504066231","https://openalex.org/W1967750521","https://openalex.org/W1971788485","https://openalex.org/W1980724258","https://openalex.org/W1989230254","https://openalex.org/W1989324514","https://openalex.org/W1990126606","https://openalex.org/W1995163459","https://openalex.org/W1999216122","https://openalex.org/W2003994187","https://openalex.org/W2015423099","https://openalex.org/W2019531924","https://openalex.org/W2021171327","https://openalex.org/W2026247717","https://openalex.org/W2030118357","https://openalex.org/W2038231329","https://openalex.org/W2044869904","https://openalex.org/W2045540672","https://openalex.org/W2056270883","https://openalex.org/W2082894840","https://openalex.org/W2091877193","https://openalex.org/W2109469951","https://openalex.org/W2111114024","https://openalex.org/W2121222617","https://openalex.org/W2122465344","https://openalex.org/W2127018996","https://openalex.org/W2128311136","https://openalex.org/W2136754123","https://openalex.org/W2142051972","https://openalex.org/W2167613104","https://openalex.org/W2168666931","https://openalex.org/W2171773211","https://openalex.org/W2179492332","https://openalex.org/W2500056419","https://openalex.org/W3102050987","https://openalex.org/W4249149673","https://openalex.org/W4253970912","https://openalex.org/W4256057265","https://openalex.org/W4285719527"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W1547577918","https://openalex.org/W3114154697","https://openalex.org/W2152869043","https://openalex.org/W2391957191","https://openalex.org/W91279511","https://openalex.org/W2099974807","https://openalex.org/W1553767020","https://openalex.org/W3008366965","https://openalex.org/W2737514969","https://openalex.org/W2581287716"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Purpose":[0],"The":[1,199,241,312],"purpose":[2],"of":[3,14,17,22,25,33,38,41,92,98,109,115,127,134,143,154,160,167,173,180,193,210,224,253,257,300,319,341,343],"this":[4,29,121,149,237,244,332],"paper":[5,30,122,200,245,291,313],"is":[6,85,102],"to":[7,57,72,79,140,206,296,316],"determine":[8],"the":[9,12,20,31,36,61,74,81,96,113,125,132,141,152,158,165,171,178,191,222,251,297,330,339],"association":[10,32,89,106,344],"between":[11,90,107],"strength":[13,91,108,126,133],"different":[15,23,39],"types":[16,40,256],"ties":[18,34,94,111,189],"with":[19,35,236],"sharing":[21,37,97,114,142,159,172,179,192,259,310],"kinds":[24],"knowledge.":[26,183,196,311],"Design/methodology/approach":[27],"In":[28],"knowledge":[42,147,176,258],"was":[43,54,70,212],"measured":[44],"by":[45],"a":[46,87,104,207,293,317],"specifically":[47],"created":[48],"and":[49,95,112,145,177,214,234,263,266,276,286,345],"developed":[50],"web":[51],"survey":[52],"that":[53,124,202,228,322],"made":[55],"available":[56,298],"22":[58],"units":[59],"in":[60,77,120,148,221,231,243,249,260,272,277,306,309,329],"subject":[62],"organization.":[63,150,238],"Multiple":[64],"Regression":[65],"Quadratic":[66],"Assignment":[67],"Procedure":[68],"(MRQAP)":[69],"used":[71],"examine":[73],"resulting":[75],"data":[76],"order":[78],"address":[80],"following":[82],"questions:":[83],"first,":[84],"there":[86,103],"significant":[88,105],"business":[93,128,155,168,186,211,226],"public":[99,144,161,181],"knowledge?":[100,117],"Second,":[101],"social":[110,135,188,280,304],"private":[116,146,174,194],"Findings":[118,119],"show":[123],"relationships":[129,136,169],"rather":[130],"than":[131],"contributed":[137],"most":[138],"significantly":[139],"Specifically,":[151],"frequency":[153],"interactions":[156],"predicted":[157,170,190],"non\u2010codified":[162,175],"knowledge,":[163],"while":[164],"closeness":[166],"codified":[182,195],"Unexpectedly,":[184],"neither":[185],"nor":[187],"Research":[197],"limitations/implications":[198],"shows":[201],"one":[203],"organization":[204],"belonging":[205],"certain":[208,255],"type":[209],"studied,":[213],"these":[215],"results":[216,242],"might":[217,270],"be":[218],"more":[219,283],"relevant":[220],"setting":[223],"similar":[225],"organizations":[227,248,307],"have":[229,323],"similarities":[230],"their":[232,261,267],"contexts":[233],"profiles":[235],"Practical":[239],"implications":[240],"may":[246],"assist":[247],"rethinking":[250],"ways":[252],"approaching":[254],"strategic":[262],"infrastructural":[264],"decisions":[265],"application.":[268],"Organizations":[269],"invest":[271],"promoting":[273],"inter\u2010unit":[274],"exchanges":[275],"creating":[278],"meaningful":[279],"nets":[281],"for":[282],"innovative":[284],"products":[285],"better":[287],"performance.":[288],"Originality/value":[289],"This":[290],"makes":[292],"distinct":[294],"contribution":[295],"body":[299],"research":[301,320],"on":[302],"how":[303],"networks":[305],"operate":[308],"provides":[314,335],"answers":[315],"number":[318],"questions":[321],"not":[324],"been":[325],"addressed":[326],"thus":[327],"far":[328],"literature;":[331],"study":[333],"also":[334],"fresh":[336],"insights":[337],"into":[338],"investigation":[340],"patterns":[342],"prediction.":[346]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":8}],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}