The SECI model of knowledge creation: some empirical shortcomings
Research Repository (Kingston University London)Published 1 January 2003Open access
Stephen Gourlay
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Abstract
Nonaka’s theory of organizational knowledge creation, centring on the SECI model, is probably the most widely cited theory in knowledge management. It is the contention of this paper that the empirical basis for the model is highly unsatisfactory, and thus that the model itself may be seriously flawed. 1.
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