Cultural awareness in KM
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Three initiatives that are helping to address the global knowledge imbalance
They are the Citing Africa podcast series, Wuṉḏaŋarr Yolŋu Gurruṯu (Strong Yolŋu Families) resource, and 2019 International Year of Indigenous…
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You can’t characterize human nature if studies overlook 85 percent of people on Earth
Researchers are realizing that universalizing findings from countries representing less than 15 percent of the world's population might not make…
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Meaningful engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge
Indigenous knowledge was the focus of a recent forum hosted by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) in partnership…
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Blackfeet Nation presents hybrid knowledge system to the United Nations
Blackfeet Nation is creating new management concepts that mix the tribe’s core values with western science.
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Global South scholars are missing from European and US journals. What can be done about it
South-based scholars are often not part of major debates and conversations in their field. This points to a severe imbalance…
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Case study of cultural differences in KM: Islamic Knowledge Management (IKM) (part 2)
This second part of a two-part series reviews papers discussing the implications of Islamic Knowledge Management (IKM) for human capital…
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Case study of cultural differences in KM: Islamic Knowledge Management (IKM) (part 1)
The way in which knowledge is classified by a society will determine the ways in which that society uses knowledge.
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How to build successful multi-cultural teams
Developing multi-cultural teams can yield tremendous results, but it needs careful management in order to get it right.
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Cultural perceptions of activity levels
When you rely on self-reported data, you’re not only relying on people to share a common understanding of survey terms,…
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Part of what Australians think is good leadership, might just be Anglo traits
Some leadership attributes, like being trustworthy or encouraging, are viewed the same way in all cultures but there are other…