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Abstract
Institutional environments are often pluralistic, and organizations must balance competing and incompatible environmental demands to achieve stability and legitimacy. Knowledge management (KM) in non-profit organizations (NPOs) embodies this philosophy wherein the NPOs must balance the competing institutional demands and enact KM practices in a resource-constrained environment. We evaluate this interplay of competing demands and knowledge management practices in NPOs with two polar cases using the theoretical lens of institutional logics. We find support for the hybrid nature of non-profits and a co-existence of multiple competing logics that drive the KM practices in NPOs and the use of innovative logics like bricolage and socialization to compensate for the resource constraints.
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Knowledge and Process Management aims to provide essential information to executives responsible for driving performance improvement in their business or for introducing new ideas to business through thought leadership. The journal meets executives" needs for practical information on the lessons learned from other organizations in the areas of: - knowledge management - organizational learning - core competences - process management
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