Tacit Knowledge Explicitation in Knowledge Management and Technologic Innovation Performance: An Empirical Study

Based on sample data of some chinese enterprises in knowledge-intensive industry, we use structure equation modeling (SEM) to analyze how the information resource, system structure, situational system factors affect the tacit knowledge explicitation and subsequently enterprise´s technologic innovation performance. We find: information resource, system structure, situational system factors have significantly positive impact on tacit knowledge explicitation; System structure factor has indirect impact on technologic innovation performance working through tacit knowledge explicitation, and information resource factor is distinctly correlated to situational system factor, presenting significant synergistic effect between them; Information resource factor, situational system factor, tacit knowledge explicitation have significantly positive impact on technologic innovation performance. Finally, we present research conclusion and limitation, moreover put forwards some proposals to promote tacit knowledge explicitation so as to improving technologic innovation performance of enterprise.