Mai 24, 2013
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Purpose - The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors that affect knowledge sharing in a public sector organization. Design/methodology/approach - The paper is based on quantitative research. The data were gathered through questionnaires and analyzed using multiple regression.Findings - Three motivators, community related considerations, normative considerations, and personal benefits, were found to have a unique contribution... - Abstract
Purpose - This paper reviews the current literature of KMS studies in organizations. The authors systematically review according to the principle of innovation studies approach i.e. variance and process approaches. The purpose of the interview is to identify the current state of KMS studies in organizations. By doing this, the way is paved for the authors to find the research gaps, which would facilatively suggest the direction for future research.... - Abstract
Purpose - In a progressively knowledge dependent economy, businesses need to learn to harness the knowledge that resides within the organizations. However, organizations often find it challenging to manage this most important asset that people possess. Researchers assert that it is mostly the organizational factors that pose a challenge to the management of knowledge. This paper aims to examine the role of knowledge infrastructure capability in... - Abstract
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine why and when employees hide knowledge. Individuals may tend to hide knowledge when they have strong psychological ownership feeling over the knowledge. Therefore, this research builds and tests a theoretical model linking knowledge-based psychological ownership with knowledge hiding via territoriality.Design/methodology/approach - Data were collected from knowledge workers in China via a web-... - Abstract
Purpose - Enterprise social network (ESN) is part of the information reform by the enterprise using Web2.0. In terms of marketing targets of typical Web2.0 techniques, enterprise knowledge sharing in Web2.0 ear can be classified into different types (individual interaction type, group interaction type, social interaction type, real-time interaction type and delay interaction type). The purpose of this paper is to summarize the features and modes of... - Abstract
Purpose - Knowledge management (KM) has become a key driver of organisational performance. The existing literature suggests that many organisations fail in their attempts to align their KM strategies with knowledge processes within their organisation. Based on the management literature on alignment, there is a gap in the understanding of how an organisation’s KM strategy and KM processes in workgroups can be aligned. The purpose of this study is to... - Abstract
Purpose - The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of cognitive styles of leaders on knowledge management practices in a public sector organization in India.Design/methodology/approach - The data were gathered from 210 middle and senior managers who were employed in different projects across the country. Self-reported questionnaires were administered to collect the data on cognitive styles of leaders and knowledge management... - Abstract
Purpose - This research aimed to propose the knowledge management (KM) model of Thai OTOP community business by: 1) investigating the KM practices of the selected Five Star OTOP businesses of Thailand, and 2) identifying the KM factors that affected the successes of their businesses. Design/methodology/approach - The qualitative research method was used. The research units were the three group of Thai OTOP Champions with a score of 5 stars who... - Abstract
Purpose - Researchers debate whether tacit knowledge sharing through Information Technology (IT) is actually possible. However, with the advent of social web tools, it has been argued that most shortcomings of tacit knowledge sharing are likely to disappear. This paper has two purposes: firstly, to demonstrate the existing debates in the literature regarding tacit knowledge sharing using IT, and secondly, to identify key research gaps that lay the...
März 29, 2013
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Purpose - This paper aims to analyze the exchange and reciprocal mechanism behind individual knowledge transfer activities as well as their impact on the individual knowledge transfer networks.Design/methodology/approach - The authors conducted a theoretical and simulation research. Agent-based technology is employed to construct an agent dynamics agent-based model that simulates and explains how an individual initiates the evolution of a...