Knowledge appropriation and identity: toward a multi-discourse analysis
Knowledge appropriation has been underpinned by an assumption of the organization’s ‘entitlement’ to appropriate knowledge and the outcomes of its utilization. Given the complexity of knowledge and the potentially conflicting views held about it, this assumption is revealed to be theoretically impre...
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Published: |
SAGE
2014
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50953/ |
| _version_ | 1848798376551776256 |
|---|---|
| author | Kamoche, Ken Beise-Zee, Rian Mamman, Aminu |
| author_facet | Kamoche, Ken Beise-Zee, Rian Mamman, Aminu |
| author_sort | Kamoche, Ken |
| building | Nottingham Research Data Repository |
| collection | Online Access |
| description | Knowledge appropriation has been underpinned by an assumption of the organization’s ‘entitlement’ to appropriate knowledge and the outcomes of its utilization. Given the complexity of knowledge and the potentially conflicting views held about it, this assumption is revealed to be theoretically imprecise in the way it marginalizes alternative voices through the pursuit of competitive advantage and ‘value capture’. We attribute this approach to the functionalist analytical lens which sees knowledge as an asset appropriable almost exclusively by the organization in the form of financial/economic ‘rents’. In order to advance understanding of the multi-faceted nature of the organization-individual appropriation regime, we make the case for an expansion of the discursive space for talking about the phenomenon, and posit the concept of ‘property in knowledge’ which we tie to the way individuals construct their identities. |
| first_indexed | 2025-11-14T20:18:47Z |
| format | Article |
| id | nottingham-50953 |
| institution | University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus |
| institution_category | Local University |
| last_indexed | 2025-11-14T20:18:47Z |
| publishDate | 2014 |
| publisher | SAGE |
| recordtype | eprints |
| repository_type | Digital Repository |
| spelling | nottingham-509532020-05-04T16:51:40Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50953/ Knowledge appropriation and identity: toward a multi-discourse analysis Kamoche, Ken Beise-Zee, Rian Mamman, Aminu Knowledge appropriation has been underpinned by an assumption of the organization’s ‘entitlement’ to appropriate knowledge and the outcomes of its utilization. Given the complexity of knowledge and the potentially conflicting views held about it, this assumption is revealed to be theoretically imprecise in the way it marginalizes alternative voices through the pursuit of competitive advantage and ‘value capture’. We attribute this approach to the functionalist analytical lens which sees knowledge as an asset appropriable almost exclusively by the organization in the form of financial/economic ‘rents’. In order to advance understanding of the multi-faceted nature of the organization-individual appropriation regime, we make the case for an expansion of the discursive space for talking about the phenomenon, and posit the concept of ‘property in knowledge’ which we tie to the way individuals construct their identities. SAGE 2014-09-01 Article PeerReviewed Kamoche, Ken, Beise-Zee, Rian and Mamman, Aminu (2014) Knowledge appropriation and identity: toward a multi-discourse analysis. Organization Studies, 35 (9). pp. 1373-1392. ISSN 1741-3044 appropriation discourse identity knowledge ‘property in knowledge’ http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0170840614531720 doi:10.1177/0170840614531720 doi:10.1177/0170840614531720 |
| spellingShingle | appropriation discourse identity knowledge ‘property in knowledge’ Kamoche, Ken Beise-Zee, Rian Mamman, Aminu Knowledge appropriation and identity: toward a multi-discourse analysis |
| title | Knowledge appropriation and identity: toward a multi-discourse analysis |
| title_full | Knowledge appropriation and identity: toward a multi-discourse analysis |
| title_fullStr | Knowledge appropriation and identity: toward a multi-discourse analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge appropriation and identity: toward a multi-discourse analysis |
| title_short | Knowledge appropriation and identity: toward a multi-discourse analysis |
| title_sort | knowledge appropriation and identity: toward a multi-discourse analysis |
| topic | appropriation discourse identity knowledge ‘property in knowledge’ |
| url | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50953/ https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50953/ https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50953/ |