1Why the current interest in knowledge management? -- 1 -- Part 1 Epistemologies of knowledge -- 13 -- 2 Objectivist perspective on knowledge -- 15 -- 3 Practice-based perspective on knowledge -- 27 -- Part 2 Social and cultural issues related to managing and sharing knowledge -- 41 -- 4 'Why should I share my knowledge?' what motivates people to share knowledge -- 43 -- 5 Communities of practice -- 57 -- 6 Intercommunity, boundary-spanning knowledge processes -- 73 -- 7 Power, conflict, and knowledge processes -- 87 -- 8 Information and communication technologies and knowledge management -- 105 -- 9 Organizational culture, HRM policies, and knowledge management -- 123 -- Part 3 Learning, innovation, and knowledge management -- 139 -- 10 Learning and knowledge management -- 141 -- 11 Innovation dynamics and knowledge processes -- 157 -- Part 4 Organizational contexts -- 177 -- 12 Knowledge processes in network/virtual organizations -- 179 -- 13 Knowledge processes in global multinationals -- 197 -- 14 Knowledge-intensive firms and knowledge workers -- 215.