Knowledge Management: thematic configuration and emerging issues

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Knowledge management has become a discipline of reference that supports the search for understanding organizational performance, innovation, and competitive advantage. This research aimed to map the production over knowledge management in the ISI Web of Science database with a seven-year temporal cut that highlights the emerging theme about research advancements on the topic. There was a comprehensive information survey through a bibliometric study using the HistCiteTM and the QSR NVivo® software. The main results confirm the perception of the knowledge management's gradual maturation process as an independent academic discipline. This study's theoretical contribution lies in the proposition of a framework that represents the theme configuration. This research also fills the gap about scientometric works over knowledge management in the period researched and codifies the emerging themes.

 

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  • Ahiram Brunni Cartaxo de Castro, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Norte (IFRN)

    Doutor em Administração pela Universidade Potiguar (UnP) - Natal, RN - Brasil. Administrador do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Norte (IFRN) - Natal, RN -  Brasil.

  • Cristine Hermann Nodari, Universidade Potiguar (UnP)

    Pós-doutorado em Inovação e Doutorado em Administração pela Universidade de Caxias do Sul (UCS). Professora do Programa de Pós-Graduação (Mestrado e Doutorado) em Administração, Universidade Potiguar (UnP).

  • Julio Cesar Ferro de Guimarães, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)

    Pós-Doutorado em Administração pela Universidade de Caxias do Sul (UCS) - Caxias do Sul, RS - Brasil. Doutor em Administração pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) – RS - Brasil. Professor da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) - Recife, PE - Brasil.

  • Arthur William Pereira da Silva, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará (IFCE)

    Doutor em Administração pela Universidade Potiguar (UnP) - Natal, RN - Brasil. Professor do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará (IFCE) - Jaguaruana, CE - Brasil.

  • Juliana Carvalho de Sousa, Universidade Potiguar (UnP)

    Doutora em Administração pela Universidade Potiguar (UnP) - Natal, RN - Brasil. Professora da Universidade Federal do Piuí (UFPI) – PI – Brasil.

  • Walid Abbas El-Aouar, Universidade Potiguar (UnP)

    Doutor em Administração pela  Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) – RN - Brasil. Professor da Universidade Potiguar (UnP) - Natal, RN - Brasil.

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