Identifying Progressive Route of Organizational Knowledge Creation Theory

Any organization that wishes to excel at KM needs to improve its knowledge creation processes, both at the individual and at the group level. In this way, the theory of organizational knowledge creation has developed rapidly in academic world and been broadly scattered in management science over the last 19 years. This paper conducts a general study about the theory’s fundamental components and tries to identify the developing paths taken by academia that uses the theory as a starting point. In addition, the paper recommends domains where potential research may move forward organizational knowledge creation theory and its application.