Explication Of Tacit Knowledge Research Articles

Micro-finance agencies and SMEs: model of explication of tacit knowledge

This paper contributes to a new area of research, namely: institutional preparedness of economic development agencies for developing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The cases presented illustrate variations in the micro-finance lender agency-enterprise development of processes for sharing vision and interdependence. In clarifying the nature of the agency-enterprise relationship along these two dimensions, we develop a set of propositions. Our model contends: 1) that effective processes for sharing vision and good cooperation maximise the likelihood of explication of tacit knowledge; 2) that ineffective processes for sharing vision and good cooperation lead to ad hoc explication of tacit knowledge; 3) ineffective processes for sharing vision and poor cooperation minimise the likelihood of explication of tacit knowledge; 4) effective processes for sharing vision and poor cooperation maximise the likelihood of explication of tacit knowledge.

Civic entrepreneurship in Australia

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to expand on previous research conducted by Hornsby et al. that examined the corporate entrepreneurship internal factor of managerial attitude.Design/methodology/approachThis paper develops and tests a group level factor of knowledge, the explication of tacit knowledge and a factor of managerial attitude, namely leadership support that is inherently multi‐level in nature.FindingsLeadership support is significant at both the dyad level and at the group level of analysis. Ordinary least squares regression supported the main hypothesis, that leadership support has a direct positive impact on explication of tacit knowledge.Research limitations/implicationsSuccessfully testing the group level significance of leadership support has implications for future research because it is considered an individual level variable. Developing and testing the explication of tacit knowledge construct contributes to research on knowing in organisations because it provides a metric that is an indicator of the explication of tacit knowledge.Practical implicationsThese research findings have management implications for the way local government creates innovative top management teams to facilitate local economic and community development.Originality/valueThis paper represents an early contribution to the literature.

Explication of Tacit Knowledge in Higher Education Institutional Research through the Criteria of Professional Practice Action Research Approach: A Focus Group Case Study at an Australian University

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