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This conception deprives the company of an important source of knowledge capitalisation. A model relevant to the evaluation of company practices related to inter\u2010generational aspects of knowledge management should include six basic dimensions, namely: management philosophy (a managerial style favouring projections and proximities), strategic analysis (knowledge, memory and learning strategy), organisational analysis (information management system and knowledge creation process), operational analysis (places of socialisation), competencies (relational and communicational know\u2010how, individual memory and capacity of judgement), and the role of ageing personnel (activation of organisational and human resource networks).<\/jats:italic><\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Research limitations\/implications<\/jats:title><jats:p><jats:italic>Further validation is required across an enlarged population, with the aim of operationalising the observed concepts within a practical evaluation guide of company practices related to inter\u2010generational aspects of knowledge management.<\/jats:italic><\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title><jats:p><jats:italic>By centering the analysis on highly qualified ageing individuals, the authors discerned a phenomenon showing that even within highly technological contexts knowledge management is far from systematically integrating those recognised a priori as carriers of knowledge.<\/jats:italic><\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1108\/13673270810859569","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2008,4,12]],"date-time":"2008-04-12T07:12:34Z","timestamp":1207984354000},"page":"124-140","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":28,"title":["Qualified ageing workers in the knowledge management process of high\u2010tech businesses"],"prefix":"10.1108","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Mehran","family":"Ebrahimi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Anne\u2010Laure","family":"Saives","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"W. 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