Social intelligence and top management team: an exploratory study of external knowledge acquisition for strategic change in global IT service providers in India
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Article Title | Social intelligence and top management team: an exploratory study of external knowledge acquisition for strategic change in global IT service providers in India |
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ERA Journal ID | 20192 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Kong, Eric (Author), Chadee, Doren (Author) and Raman, Revti (Author) |
Journal Title | International Journal of Learning and Change |
Journal Citation | 6 (1/2), pp. 1-17 |
Number of Pages | 17 |
Year | 2012 |
Place of Publication | Geneva, Switzerland |
ISSN | 1740-2875 |
1740-2883 | |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=85 |
Abstract | This paper focuses on the processes by which firms, particularly knowledge intensive firms, can augment their overall knowledge stock by tapping into external sources of knowledge. It is argued that Top Management Teams' (TMTs') social intelligence is a critical learning capability in acquiring external knowledge that leads to strategic change. Social intelligence involves social awareness, social understanding and social skills. The study draws from the experience of 11 of the largest Information Technology Service Providers (ITSPs) in India and based on in-depth interviews. The findings show that TMTs' learning capability in the context of social intelligence to interact with external stakeholders is important to ITSPs in facilitating external knowledge acquisition and allowing new knowledge emerge within and across networks. The findings provide significant insights into ITSPs emerging in other developing countries such as in China. Research limitation and future research direction are also provided. |
Keywords | social intelligence; top management team; external knowledge; information technology service providers; India |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 350302. Business information management (incl. records, knowledge and intelligence) |
470210. Globalisation and culture | |
350711. Organisational planning and management | |
Byline Affiliations | School of Management and Marketing |
Deakin University | |
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
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