The relationships between adhocracy and clan cultures and tacit oriented KM strategy

Abstract

In this study knowledge is considered as explicit and tacit; and in line with this, knowledge management strategy that focuses on tacit knowledge is identified as tacit oriented knowledge management strategy. Organizational culture, which is one of the crucial antecedents of knowledge management process, is categorized into four types by using two dimensions-external versus internal orientation and formal versus informal organizational process-as adhocracy, clan, market and hierarchy. And the relationships between adhocracy, and clan culture and tacit oriented knowledge management strategy are investigated. Also the industrial environment hostility is used as a moderator between adhocracy and clan cultures, and tacit oriented knowledge management strategy. © 2005, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved. © 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.