社会网络结构对企业间知识共享影响研究综述

A Review on Effects of Social Network Structure on Knowledge Sharing

【目的/意义】破解社会网络结构优劣之争对提升企业间知识共享效果具有重要意义。【方法/过程】从社会网络结构对知识共享作用、结构特征对知识共享影响、结构形态对知识共享影响、结构演化的影响因素四个方面进行了综述。【结果/结论】现有研究往往基于社会网络结构外生的假设,且单纯以网络结构的物理形态特征来评价其优劣是导致争论的根源。因此需结合内/外生结构理论,特别要考虑企业网络的社会属性,以及知识共享不同阶段与网络结构的匹配性,才有助于解决争论。

[ Purpose/significance ] It is significant for improving the knowledge sharing among enterprises to solve the debate on which network structure is the best. [ Method/process ] In this paper, some literatures are summarized from four aspects, i.e. the important role of social network structure on knowledge sharing, impacts of the structural features of social network on knowledge sharing, impacts of the structural forms of social network on knowledge sharing, and the aspects affecting the evolution of social network structure. [Result/conclusion] It is pointed that the source of the debate is from the hypothesis that the social network structure is exogenous. Furthermore, it tends to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages only simply based on physical forms of a network structure. Therefore, this paper argues that the future research perspective requires a combination of internal and external structure. In particular, the social property of the enterprise social network, and the matching-relationship between the stage of knowledge sharing and forms of network structure, should be taking into account. By these, it is helpful to solve the dispute.