Tacit knowledge, localization push, and diffusion of science: Evidence from Singapore

How Tacit Is Tacit Knowledge?

Our study concerns tacit knowledge that has been one of the most discussed concepts in the field of contemporary knowledge management. We are particularly interested in the issues concerning 1) the nature of tacit knowledge, and 2) the idea of explication of tacit knowledge. We approach these questions from the perspective of cognitive science. Tacit knowledge is deeply related to conceptual mo...

Acquisition of Tacit Knowledge 1 Acquisition of Tacit Knowledge from a Computer Workplace Simulation

Tacit Knowledge in Expert Coaching: Science or Art?

Effective coaching is a mixture of pedagogy and principles of sciences, e.g., motor skill acquisition, sociology, and physiology, often referred to as the science of coaching. Instinctive or intuitive coaching has often been incorrectly viewed as the art of coaching. More important should be how coaches develop knowledge, how they access that knowledge at the appropriate times and how this affe...

Enabling Tacit Knowledge Diffusion through Meta-abilities for Organizational Learning

The diffusion of tacit knowledge is pervasive in the organizational learning (OL) process. However diffusing tacit knowledge, a transparent and subjective form of knowledge, needs an individual’s ability to externalize and sharing of this knowledge. To undertake this, a conceptual framework based on diffusion theory and meta-abilities is proposed. The framework suggests that meta-abilities crea...

Science and the Diffusion of Knowledge*

Scientists, social scientists and politicians frequently credit basic science with stimulating technological innovation, and with it economic growth. To support this idea, researchers have shown that patents based on university research receive more citations – a measure of patent importance – than those developed outside of academia. That research and much of the rhetoric it supports implicitl...