Purpose – This paper aims to discuss the individual participation and involvement affecting the user engagement in social media and to answer the following research questions: Is it possible to measure the individual participation and involvement of social media within organizations? Which...

In the last five to six years, we have seen plenty of knowledge management (KM) projects comeand go. Many of these projects were successful and organizations are still leveraging benefitsfrom their KM systems. However, it is also fair to say that a considerable proportion of...

It is a pleasure to introduce this special issueon knowledge-based development. I wouldlike to congratulate the Guest Editor -Professor Francisco Javier Carrillo, Directorfor Knowledge Systems, ITESM, Mexico -for suggesting the topic, commissioning thepapers, and seeing the project through...

The goal of this e-book is to report on the knowledge management activities taking place within the space industry. This special issue provides a valuable insight into selecting and implementing KM strategies for an organization. A general theme drawn from the papers is that KM needs to be tied...

m10001170000C1 -- JKM_21_1_Text_V01 -- m1000117000001 -- Does big data mean big knowledge? KM perspectives on big data and analytics -- Introduction -- What does this mean for KM? -- Our take - a role for big data/analytics in KM -- Conclusion and implications -- References -- m1000117000007 --...

Purpose – This study aims to examine how a collaboration technology is used by three organizational groups. The main focus is on the interplay between the users’ perceptions (of the technology and of the knowledge shared) and the material properties of the collaboration technology....