TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine knowledge-creating interaction in developing an innovation in a multidisciplinary research community with hermeneutic phenomenology, to understand how previous experiences and future prospects shape the process and to examine the circumstances, which support or limit knowledge creation.Design/methodology/approach The approach of this study is phenomenological and the empirical case study has been conducted using ethnography. The data consist of field notes, videos, interviews and documents of a BCDC energy consortium, developing energy weather forecast (EWF) in a new type of research environment.Findings The results indicate that the role of actual interactive events was crucial in the development of EWF. Hermeneutic approach illustrated that the roots of that event were in the past experiences of the participants and the circumstances, which promoted the development of the innovation, but the acknowledgment of the future prospects was crucial in finalizing the process. The role of a leader organizing the interaction and collaborative work was also substantial.Practical implications The results of this study could be used to plan and organize knowledge creation processes in organizations, especially in universities and research communities, striving to create multidisciplinary research environments and practices.Originality/value This study proposes a new approach based on hermeneutic phenomenology to examine it in a unified way, by focusing on the key aspects of elements affecting knowledge-creating interaction.
VL  - 76
IS  - 1
SN  - 0022-0418
DO  - 10.1108/JD-09-2018-0141
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-09-2018-0141
AU  - Suorsa Anna Reetta
AU  - Svento Rauli
AU  - Lindfors Anders V.
AU  - Huotari Maija-Leena
PY  - 2019
Y1  - 2019/01/01
TI  - Knowledge creation and interaction in an R&D project: the case of the energy weather forecast
T2  - Journal of Documentation
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 145
EP  - 172
Y2  - 2024/04/23
ER  -