Taking Charities Seriously: A Call for Focused Knowledge Management Research

  • Authors:
  • Kathleen E. Greenaway;David C. H. Vuong

  • Affiliations:
  • Ryerson University, Canada;Dundas Data Visualization Inc., Canada

  • Venue:
  • International Journal of Knowledge Management
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

The voluntary service not-for-profit sector VSNFP, also called the charitable sector, is a neglected setting for knowledge management research. It is also an area with distinctive characteristics that preclude direct importation of knowledge management approaches developed for the for-profit sector. In this paper, the authors adapt a model for examining knowledge management research issues to the charitable sector and examine what is known about knowledge management in this important sector of society. Research and practitioner suggestions are provided.