Journal
GOVERNMENT INFORMATION QUARTERLY
Volume 29, Issue 1, Pages S112-S120Publisher
ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2011.08.002
Keywords
Transnational public sector knowledge networks; Information sharing; Knowledge sharing; International networks
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- Direct For Computer & Info Scie & Enginr
- Div Of Information & Intelligent Systems [0955057] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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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. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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