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The Effects of Information Culture and Organizational Culture on Knowledge Utilization

정보문화와 조직문화 유형이 지식활용에 미치는 영향 분석

  • 서은경 (한성대학교 크리에이티브인문학부) ;
  • 박희진 (한성대학교 크리에이티브인문학부)
  • Received : 2018.12.05
  • Accepted : 2018.12.28
  • Published : 2018.12.30
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Abstract

Knowledge utilization is an activity directly linked to organizational capacity and is the most essential activity in knowledge management that is to produce new values. Thus, systematic and comprehensive understanding of factors and the environment that affect knowledge utilization are needed. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of information culture and organizational culture on knowledge utilization. For this, data were collected from 300 workers from 6 institutions including government-funded research institutes, libraries, and cooperation research institutes. This study analyzes the effects of six aspects of information cultures and four organizational culture types on knowledge utilization. The results show that information cultures(control, transparency, proactiveness) and organizational culture (The Clan Culture, The Adhocracy Culture, The Market Culture, The Hierarchy Culture) are significantly influential factors for the knowledge utilization. Based on results, this study provides the implication of knowledge sharing in the organizations and suggests further studies.

지식활용은 조직의 역량 제고와 직접적으로 연결하는 활동이며 새로운 가치를 다시 생산하게 하는 지식관리의 가장 핵심적 활동이라 할 수 있다. 따라서 지식활용 활동에 영향을 미치는 요인 및 환경에 대한 체계적이며 종합적인 연구는 더욱 필요하다고 본다. 본 연구의 목적은 지식관리 활동 중 마지막 단계인 지식활용에 직접적으로 영향을 미치는 정보문화와 조직문화를 파악하고자 지식활용에 영향을 미치는 정보문화 및 조직문화 요인을 규명하는 것이다. 이를 위하여 정부출연연구소, 도서관, 기업연구소에 근무하는 사서직, 연구직, 일반직 300명을 대상으로 설문조사를 수행하였고 이를 통하여 수집된 데이터는 다중회귀분석을 적용하여 정보문화의 여섯 가지 속성과 조직문화의 네 가지 유형이 지식활용의 문제대처, 지식재생산, 지식확산에 미치는 영향관계를 분석하였다. 분석결과, 정보문화(제어성, 공개성, 적극성)와 조직문화(관계지향문화, 혁신지향문화, 과업지향문화)가 지식활용의 중요한 요인으로 나타났으며, 이러한 연구결과를 토대로 조직의 지식활용에 있어서 시사점을 논의하였다.

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Supported by : 한성대학교

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