The Palgrave Handbook of Knowledge Management

This international Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of key topics, debates and issues within the now well-established field of Knowledge Management (KM). With contributions from a range of highly-skilled authors, diverse and multi-disciplinary approaches towards KM are explored in this fantastic new reference work. Topics covered include performance, ethics, sustainability and cross-cultural management, making this an equally important read to academics and practitioners working in areas such as technology, education and engineering. By analysing how the field of KM has developed over the years, as well as presenting new methods to be implemented in the workplace, this Handbook outlines a research agenda for the future of organisational learning and innovation.

Jawad Syed is Dean and Professor of Organisational Behaviour at the Suleman Dawood School of Business, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan. His main research interests include international human resource management, organisational knowledge, diversity management, and business ethics.

Peter A. Murray is Professor of Management at the University of Southern Queensland in Toowoomba City, Queensland, Australia. He is Leader of High Performance Work Systems in the Australian Centre for Sustainable Business Development with interests in diversity management, organisational learning and the human capital stock.

Donald Hislop is Professor in the Sociology of Contemporary Work at the School of Business and Economics, Loughborough University, UK. In relation to the topic of knowledge management, his interests are broadly focused on social-cultural issues, such as how they shape the character of knowledge processes and people’s motivation to participate in them. His most recent project in this area was on the topic of unlearning (the process of abandoning and giving up knowledge) among managers within UK hospitals.

Yusra Mouzughi is Professor of Management and Interim Vice-Chancellor at the newly formed Muscat University in Oman. Yusra has cross-disciplinary research interests spanning knowledge management, knowledge sharing and the sustainability agenda.