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Gendering knowledge: the practices of knowledge management in the pharmaceutical industry
Author(s) -
Styhre Alexander,
Ingelgård Anders,
Roth Jonas
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
knowledge and process management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.341
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1099-1441
pISSN - 1092-4604
DOI - 10.1002/kpm.107
Subject(s) - normative , knowledge management , multinational corporation , situational ethics , personal knowledge management , knowledge value chain , politics , body of knowledge , business , sociology , psychology , organizational learning , computer science , epistemology , political science , social psychology , law , philosophy , finance
Knowledge and knowledge management have become two of the latest buzzwords in the management literature. However, the literature presents primarily normative, undersocialized models of how knowledge could be administrated and developed as an organizational resource, and does not sufficiently recognize the social, political and emotional aspects of knowledge. In general, the knowledge of knowledge management is not situational . For instance, in what respect does the notion of knowledge take gender issues into account? This paper presents a study of clinical research activities in a major multinational pharmaceutical company and it suggests that the processes of knowing are always embedded in existing social and political, gendered assumptions and beliefs. Therefore, knowledge management needs to be further developed to avoid general problematic positions. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.