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Organizational Knowledge Creation Theory: Evolutionary Paths and Future Advances

Ikujiro Nonaka

Hitotsubashi University, Japan

Georg von Krogh

ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Sven Voelpel

International University of Bremen, Germany

Organizational knowledge creation is the process of making available and amplifying knowledge created by individuals as well as crystallizing and connecting it to an organization's knowledge system. In other words, what individuals come to know in their (work-)life benefits their colleagues and, eventually, the larger organization. The theory explaining this process — the organizational knowledge creation theory — has developed rapidly in academia and been broadly diffused in management practice over the last 15 years. This article reviews the theory's central elements and identifies the evolving paths taken by academic work that uses the theory as a point of departure. The article furthermore proposes areas in which future research can advance the theory of organizational knowledge creation.

Key Words: organizational knowledge • organizational epistemology • organizational knowledge creation theory • knowledge management • knowledge-based view of the firm

Organization Studies, Vol. 27, No. 8, 1179-1208 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0170840606066312
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