Abstract
Confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to test Nonaka’s ((1994)
Organization Science, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 14-37) a priori model of organizational knowledge
creation with data collected from 105 Japanese middle managers. The results provide strong
support for viewing organizational knowledge creation as a higher-order construct comprised of
four knowledge conversion processes: socialization, externalization, combination, and internalization.
Organization Science, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 14-37) a priori model of organizational knowledge
creation with data collected from 105 Japanese middle managers. The results provide strong
support for viewing organizational knowledge creation as a higher-order construct comprised of
four knowledge conversion processes: socialization, externalization, combination, and internalization.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 0969-5931(94)00021-2 |
| Pages (from-to) | 337-351 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | International Business Review |
| Publication status | Published - 1994 |