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Professor Stefan Smolnik and Olivia Hornung participate at HICSS-51
[08.01.2018]51st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, January 3-6, 2018, Big Island, Hawaii, US
The article "It's Just Emotion Taking Me Over: Investigating the Role of Emotions in Knowledge Management Research" authored by Olivia Hornung and Professor Stefan Smolnik has been accepted for presentation and publication at the 51st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-51). The HICSS-51 takes place from Januar 3-6, 2018 at the Hilton Waikoloa Village on Big Island, Hawaii, USA. Olivia Hornung will present the article in the context of HICSS-51.
Furthermore, Professor Smolnik is co-organizer of two mini-tracks at HICSS-51. The mini-track "Knowledge Management Value, Success and Performance Measurements" is hosted together with the Professors Murray E. Jennex (San Diego State University) and David T. Croasdell (University of Nevada in Reno); the mini-track "Creation and Appropriation of Knowledge Systems" is hosted together with the Professors Pierre Hadaya and David Holford (both Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada).
Olivia Hornung, Stefan Smolnik: It's Just Emotion Taking Me Over: Investigating the Role of Emotions in Knowledge Management Research
Abstract: The importance of emotions has increasingly been recognized in the information systems field. Emotions do not only influence the human mind, but can also be transferred to others through knowledge. This transfer of knowledge is part of the broader organizational concept of knowledge management (KM) and requires the attention of researchers interested in emotions and emotion theories. Therefore, our paper presents a systematic review of existing evidence on the emotions’ role in KM research. Our review shows that despite KM’s long tradition, there is only limited evidence as to how emotions are related to KM, most of which mention emotions as motivation for KM. As a result of our study, we identify four research opportunities to further examine certain aspects of emotions’ role in KM.
