Exploring Academic Knowledge Creation Models for Graduate Researches

Knowledge management theories and tools have been developed rapidly in the field of business administration. However, since their application in the academic field is still very limited, this paper focuses on knowledge creation in the academic field. It is usually difficult for young graduate students to imagine their research process, which proceeds from a small idea to a research paper. Wierzbicki and Nakamori [1] introduced three knowledge creation models for three different academic fields, which are normative or hypothetical models to be verified in applications. This paper modified these models by interviewing graduate students and their supervisors, who are doing research in four fields in knowledge science. This study made clear the knowledge gaps between graduate students and their supervisors.