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Inter-organizational knowledge and information transfer in long-term care for older persons: Do sector and resource
Rūta Kazlauskaitė1, Irina Liubertė1, Virginija Poškutė1
1ISM University of Management and Economics, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Purpose:
This article aims to determine if and how social capital enables inter-organizational knowledge and information transfer in long-term care (LTC) for older persons and within what boundary conditions.
Design/Methodology/Approach:
The study builds on a survey of key LTC actors (N = 265) representing public, private and non-governmental organizations.
Findings:
Our findings revealed a positive relationship between two social capital dimensions and knowledge and information transfer. In addition, partial support was provided for the moderating effects of sector and resource availability.
Originality/Value:
Our study explores to what extent social capital facilitates inter-organizational knowledge and information transfer in LTC. Secondly, it contributes to the broader knowledge management literature by disclosing two boundary conditions in the above relationship.
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