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Professor Stefan Smolnik and Olivia Hornung participate at HICSS-53
[11.01.2020]53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, January 7-10, 2020, Maui, Hawaii, US
The article "Inspired by Emotions, Guided by Knowledge: Which Emotional Cues Dominate Knowledge Management Research?" authored by Olivia Hornung, Dr. Nora Fteimi and Professor Stefan Smolnik as well as the article "Knowledge Unchained or Strategically Overseen? Knowledge Management in Open Source Software Projects" authored by Stefan Riembauer, Olivia Hornung und Professor Stefan Smolnik have been accepted for presentation and publication at the 53. Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-53). The HICSS-53 takes place from January 7-10, 2020 at the Grand Wailea, Maui, Hawaii, USA. Olivia Hornung will present both articles in the context of HICSS-53.
Furthermore, Professor Smolnik is co-organizer of two mini-tracks at HICSS-53. The mini-track "Value, Success and Performance Measurements of Knowledge, Innovation and Entrepreneurial Systems"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 "Design and Appropriation of Knowledge and AI Systems" is hosted together with the Professors Pierre Hadaya and David Holford (both Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada).
Olivia Hornung, Nora Fteimi, Stefan Smolnik: Inspired by Emotions, Guided by Knowledge: Which Emotional Cues Dominate Knowledge Management Research?
Abstract: Knowledge, being context-specific and bound to individuals, is strongly related to human emotions such as joy or fear. Although emotions play an important role to articulate knowledge in text, KM research only offers insight on emotions from specific angles, neglecting a holistic view. Applying a sentiment analysis, this study closes the aforementioned gap by investigating the occurrence of emotions in KM publications. Based on general sentiment dictionaries, we (1) develop a dictionary aligned with KM, and (2) apply it to KM publications to determine the presence of positive and negative emotions and categorize them according to an emotion scale. Our results reveal that a variety of emotions is expressed in KM studies, both positive and negative, proving its relevance for this domain. We find that there is high term diversity, but also the need for consolidation of terms as well as emotion categories in KM.
Stefan Riembauer, Olivia Hornung, Stefan Smolnik: Knowledge Unchained or Strategically Overseen? Knowledge Management in Open Source Software Projects
Abstract: The term “open source software” was formally introduced in the early 2000s to describe source code which are available to the public to be used and modified by anyone. Like any innovative idea attaining a certain maturity level, open source communities have reached a degree of formalization in their structures and practices. This also holds for knowledge management and its related measures in open source communities. Therefore, we investigate the patterns and structures in communication and collaboration of the currently most successful open source software projects through a case study approach. Herewith, we reveal how the different knowledge management aspects are practiced in these internet communities. Due to the projects’ success, we identify similarities as good practices and derive practical recommendations for action for other open source communities as well as research opportunities regarding knowledge management in open source software projects.
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