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Date	March 2022
Vol. No.	Vol. 32 No. 1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.14329/apjis.2022.32.1.168
Page	168~190
Title	Knowledge Management Research Based on Social Network Theories: A Review with Future Directions
Author	Tae Hun Kim
Keyword	Social Network, Knowledge Management, Organizational Technology, Social Media
Abstract	This review aims to synthesize social network theories by drawing on the importance of social network perspectives in understanding knowledge management with technology in organizations. I provide an overview of prior social network research with the following core ideas: the primacy of relations between organizational actors, the utility of actors’ embeddedness in social fields, the social utility of network connections, and the structural patterning of social life. On top of that, I summarize critical social perspectives (the social capital theory, the structural hole theory, the embeddedness perspective, the social exchange theory, the organizational learning theory, and the innovation diffusion theory) to suggest potential research questions for future studies in social network research in the knowledge management discipline.