Online Academic Networks as Knowledge Brokers: The Mediating Role of Organizational Support
Autor: | Gandolfo Dominici, Andreia Gabriela Andrei, Patrizia Gazzola, Elena-Mădălina Vătămănescu |
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Přispěvatelé: | Elena-Mădălina Vătămănescu, Andreia Gabriela Andrei, Patrizia Gazzola, Gandolfo Dominici |
Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2018 |
Předmět: |
Information Systems and Management
Knowledge management Higher education Computer Networks and Communications media_common.quotation_subject brokerage Structural equation modeling Literacy lcsh:TA168 Deterritorialization lcsh:Technology (General) 0502 economics and business deterritorialization Agora knowledge brokers Sociology Emerging markets online academic networks organizational support Competence (human resources) media_common computer.programming_language knowledge broker business.industry 05 social sciences Collective intelligence online academic network lcsh:Systems engineering Control and Systems Engineering Modeling and Simulation lcsh:T1-995 050211 marketing business Settore SECS-P/08 - Economia E Gestione Delle Imprese computer 050203 business & management Software |
Zdroj: | Systems, Vol 6, Iss 2, p 11 (2018) Systems; Volume 6; Issue 2; Pages: 11 |
Popis: | Placing online academic networks in the framework of social, cultural and institutional “deterritorialization,” the current paper aims at investigating the functionality of these new forms of transnational and trans-organizational aggregations as knowledge brokers. The emphasis is laid on the influence of human collective intelligence and consistent knowledge flows on research innovation, considering the role of organizational support within higher education systems. In this respect, the research relied on a questionnaire-based survey with 140 academics from European emerging countries, the data collected being processed via a partial least squares structural equation modelling technique. Evidence was brought that, as knowledge brokers, online academic networks are systems aimed to support the access to human collective intelligence and consistent knowledge flows which exert a positive influence on research innovation, both directly and indirectly, by means of formal and informal organizational support. As facilitators of collaborative environments for individuals with specialized knowledge, competence, expertise and experience, online academic networks have set themselves up as an agora for academics worldwide and as an outlet for their acumen and literacy. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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