Ability to absorb knowledge and communication with the external environment: Analysis in companies of Palmas/TO

• Autor(a) principal: Nunes, Suzana Gilioli
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Observatório
• Texto Completo: https://sistemas.uft.edu.br/periodicos/index.php/observatorio/article/view/1619
• topic: Absorption capacity of knowledge; Knowledge; Communication with the external environment; Capacidad de absorción de conocimento; Conocimento; Comunicaci´ón con el ambiente externo; Capacidade de Absorção do Conhecimento; Conhecimento; Comunicação com o ambiente externo.; Capacidade de Absorção do Conhecimento; Conhecimento; Comunicação com o ambiente externo

The main objective of this research was to evaluate the absorption capacity of organizational knowledge, having as one of its dimensions communication with the external environment. One quantitative study with a hundred companies belonging to the trade and service sectors has been developed, located in the city of Palmas, TO. The questionnaire involved the use of a range of absorption capacity of the knowledge developed by Matusik and Heeley (2005). The authors estimate that the absorption capacity is made up of multiple dimensions: 1) the company's relationship with its external environment, 2) the structure, routines of knowledge, and the main group of value creation and, 3) absorption of individual skills . The results showed that the surveyed enterprises had a high degree of dominance relationship with the environment.