Title
Transnational public sector knowledge networks: Knowledge and information sharing in a multi-dimensional context
Abstract
Sharing of knowledge, information, and practices across cultural and national boundaries has become a means to address critical global problems. As government agencies increasingly collaborate with international counterparts on these issues, transnational knowledge and information sharing networks grow in importance as mechanisms for collaboration. This paper explores the nature of transnational public sector knowledge networks (TPSKNs) and identifies critical contextual factors that shape their performance. In these networks, each participating organization operates within complex national, organizational, and information contexts. The contextual differences between participants produce distances in culture, politics, intentions, organizational factors, relationships, knowledge, resources, geography, and technology. These distances influence their ability to engage in the processes and interactions that are essential to network performance. The paper concludes with a conceptual dynamic model that accounts for the relationships among these factors that can guide further research in understanding knowledge and information sharing across national and cultural boundaries.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1016/j.giq.2011.08.002
Government Information Quarterly
Keywords
Field
DocType
Transnational public sector knowledge networks,Information sharing,Knowledge sharing,International networks
Economics,Knowledge sharing,Personal knowledge management,Public relations,Knowledge management,Knowledge value chain,Organizational learning,Public sector,Participating Organization,Information sharing,Government
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
29
Supplement-1
0740-624X
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
12
0.94
16
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Sharon S. Dawes141841.86
Mohammed Gharawi2385.11
G. Brian Burke312111.12