TY - JOUR AB - Purpose The purpose of this two-part paper is to provide a summary of current research opportunities in organizational forgetting literature and a future research agenda.Design/methodology/approach The summary of current research opportunities and future research agenda is drawn from the systematic literature review and synthesis reported in Part I.Findings Two broad areas for future research are proposed: A first area that highlights a need to address integrative theoretical challenges that include issues of temporality, history, power dynamics, and organizational context. A second area that highlights a need to reconcile contradicting explanations – such as whether technological sophistication and codification practices versus social networks prevent knowledge depreciation and loss – through a multilevel perspective.Research limitations/implications Limitations relate to time span coverage and journal article accessibility.Originality/value This Part II paper provides a summary of current research opportunities and offers directions for future research on organizational forgetting. VL - 27 IS - 5 SN - 0969-6474 DO - 10.1108/TLO-01-2020-0003 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/TLO-01-2020-0003 AU - Mariano Stefania AU - Casey Andrea AU - Olivera Fernando PY - 2020 Y1 - 2020/01/01 TI - Organizational forgetting Part II: a review of the literature and future research directions T2 - The Learning Organization PB - Emerald Publishing Limited SP - 417 EP - 427 Y2 - 2024/03/28 ER -