Communicative Action in Intellectual Capital Creation: An Empirical Test

David O'Donnell, Peter Cleary, Nick Bontis, Philip O'Regan, Tom Kennedy

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Abstract

This working paper presents a conceptual framework that situates and tests, using a structural model, the contribution of communicative action (CAN) to the process of intellectual capital (IC) creation. Drawing on perceptual data from senior financial executives in the ICT sector the preliminary findings are encouraging. Positive and statistically significant path coefficients between the Habermasian derived CAN construct and both knowledge creation and knowledge sharing provide some initial empirical support to previous theoretical work.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication6th European Conference on Knowledge Management, ECKM 2005
Pages357-365
Number of pages9
Publication statusPublished - 2005
Externally publishedYes
Event6th European Conference on Knowledge Management, ECKM 2005 - Limerick, Ireland
Duration: 8 Sep 20059 Sep 2005

Publication series

NameProceedings of the European Conference on Knowledge Management, ECKM
ISSN (Print)2048-8963
ISSN (Electronic)2048-8971

Conference

Conference6th European Conference on Knowledge Management, ECKM 2005
Country/TerritoryIreland
CityLimerick
Period8/09/059/09/05

Keywords

  • Communicative Action
  • Critical Appraisal Norms (CAN)
  • Habermas
  • Intellectual Capital Creation
  • Knowledge Creation
  • Knowledge Sharing
  • Management Leadership

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