Web 2.0 Use and Organizational Innovation: A Knowledge Transfer Enabling Perspective

Kuang-Yuan Huang · Namjoo Choi · Lenore Horowitz

17 citations0/0 files storedJournal of the Association for Information Systems

No readable copy stored yet — this record is metadata only.

No open-access location is known for this record yet.

Literature note Cite in a project Citation map

Knowledge Management and Sharing Innovation and Knowledge Management Information Systems Theories and Implementation

Abstract

Over the last several years, a variety of Web 2.0 applications has been widely adopted by individual users and recently has received great attention from organizations. While an increasing number of organizations have started utilizing Web 2.0 applications in hopes of boosting collaboration and driving innovations, only a small number of different theoretical perspectives are available in the literature that facilitate a further understanding of the phenomenon of organizational adoption of Web 2.0 to drive innovation. In this paper, we propose a theoretical model explicating this phenomenon from the perspective that Web 2.0 use enhances knowledge transfer by fostering the emergence of informal networks, weak ties, boundary spanners and social capital. This model conceptualizes the process through which organizations drive innovations by utilizing Web 2.0 applications. Based on this perspective, suggestions for organizations to facilitate this process are also provided.

Paper brief

Loading…

Cite this work

Citation unavailable for this work.

BibTeX RIS CSL-JSON

No public copy is stored for this record, so only the metadata is cited.

Citations in this library

Citation map →

Stored only when both papers are in the corpus — 17 citations exist upstream.

References

1973The Strength of Weak Ties 2004Firm resources and sustained competitive advantage 1990Absorptive Capacity: A New Perspective on Learning and Innovation 1994A Dynamic Theory of Organizational Knowledge Creation 1998The Knowledge-Creating Company 1995Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social Capital 2002The Forms of Capital 1995The Theory of the Growth of the Firm

Cited by

2012Toward a Framework of Web 2.0-Driven Organizational Learning 2014Web 2.0 Use and Knowledge Transfer: How Social Media Technologies Can Lead to Organizational Innovation 2020The effect of social networking sites use on employees’ knowledge sharing 2016Collaboration in the consulting industry

Explore the map →

Papers that cite the same references — the relational fallback while embeddings are still backfilling.

Imported from OpenAlex (CC0) — nothing here is generated.