An Assessment of Topic Areas Covered in KM Journals (2000-2005)

摘要

In recent years, knowledge management (KM) has received increasing attention from researchers and practitioners. In 2005, Peachey, et al. explored the KM literature that appeared in information systems (IS) journals. However, while many KM articles initially appeared in IS journals, KM-specific journals have begun to appear on the scene. This research reviews the literature published in KM-specific journals from 2000 to 2005. Using content analysis, this research explores the literature in KM-specific journals to determine the nature of the body of knowledge in KM. The results indicate that, although the coverage of KM topics within KM-specific journals is fairly evenly distributed, the KM topic ofknowledge transfer has been receiving the greatest amount of attention by researchers and practitioners contributing to these journals. Additionally, the comparison of the two bodies of literature (KM and IS journals) shows that there are differences in the coverage of knowledge application.