Knowledge Sharing Across Culture—Critical Review

Abstract

Knowledge and culture are indissolubly linked together in organizations. Considerable evidence supports the importance of culture in the success or failure of knowledge management. Then, the effectiveness of knowledge sharing needs both cultural understanding and new considerations in the knowledge transfer of intercultural organizations. This paper reviews some critical literatures and identifies the influence of different dimensions of culture on knowledge transfer and sharing in different types of knowledge. The aim of this paper is to propose a theoretical framework for knowledge sharing processes based on differences in national culture for future research.