Factors Affecting Knowledge Sharing Research Articles

Motivational Factors Affecting Knowledge Sharing in Steel Industry Supply Chain: A Mixed Qualitative-Quantitative Method Analysis

The knowledge sharing creates a collaborative environment which contributes to creation of flexibility and meeting demands in supply chain. It guarantees the access of members to external knowledge and overall supply chain improvement in competitive environment. The steel industry as the second “key” and “strategic” industry after oil and petrochemical industry in Iran as one of the important countries in middle-east and due to its importance for development but also due to the characteristics of its cost accounting system is selected as case study. Regarding to, this study aimed to design a comprehensive list containing all knowledge sharing (KS) motivational factors for steel industries supply chain. Thus, a mixed method of qualitative (a three-phase Delphi method) and quantitative (decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory-DEMATEL) has been adopted. At first stage, the 33 motivational factors of KS were identified through literature review. Then using Delphi method, respondents were provided with the findings from the literature to shortlist and merge the factors based on steel industry supply chain features. Due to different theoretical and practical standpoints of views about KS motivators in steel industry supply chain, 30 respondents (experts) participated. The final factors extracted via Delphi method was 15. Then, DEMATEL method was used to find interdependence among factors. At the end, cost accounting system for each factor were asked from knowledge management departments in steel supply chain. The results indicated that majority of the costs in steel industry supply chain is spent in decreasing power and sense of ownership of knowledge, improving culture and expectations, and improving personal contact and interaction, team culture, rewards, strategic thinking, and individual management of time, respectively. Whereas, the results of DEMATEL technique indicated that team culture, power, and sense of ownership of knowledge; personal contact and interaction; trust; culture; and expectations are the 5th high ranking factors. Although there are plenty of techniques used for improving team culture such as community of practice, after action review, Knowledge caf’e, it is not so dominant in cost accounting system. Hopefully, departments consider power and sense of ownership of knowledge more carefully. Managers in steel supply chain pay more attention to cultural issues by having educational courses. Strategic thinking is not among the highest-ranking factors, but there are costs spent for it in steel supply chain which should be pondered upon it.

Factors Affecting Knowledge Sharing Behavior in The Virtual Teacher Community “Duta Rumah Belajar”

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between social capital variables (social ties, social trust, and shared vision), individual motivation (self-efficacy, Altruism, and reciprocal norms), and technology (perceived ease of use and enjoyment of participation). On knowledge sharing intention variable, knowledge sharing intention variable on knowledge sharing behavior, and the relationship between individual characteristics and all variables. This study involved 128 respondents from the online community Duta Rumah Belajar who are outstanding teachers representing 34 provinces in Indonesia who PUSDATIN strictly selected, the Ministry of Education and Culture to promote the Rumah Belajar portal). Data analysis used the Chi-Square method and the Structural Equation Model Partial Least Square (SEM PLS). The results showed that individual motivation had a significant effect on knowledge-sharing intentions. Social capital and technology had no significant impact on knowledge sharing intentions. Knowledge sharing intentions had a substantial effect on knowledge sharing behavior, and there were no differences in individual characteristics of all research variables.

Factors Affecting Knowledge Sharing in the Administrative Work Environment

The study aims at contributing in identifying the factors affecting the sharing of knowledge in the administrative work environment, starting from realizing the concept of knowledge sharing among administrators in the various administrative sectors of the university, identifying their opinions, attitudes, behaviors and practices towards sharing knowledge in the work environment, and depicting the expected benefits of sharing knowledge at the university. It relied on the descriptive approach using the survey method, where an electronic questionnaire was distributed to a random sample of administrators within the University. The study concluded that the most influential demographic data on Knowledge sharing is the employee’s years of experience, the more the experience increases, the more knowledge sharing will be. The study attributes this result to trust and its impact on work practice. The cognitive type of knowledge that administrators share most is modern information, administrative processes and procedures, and social activities. The study also revealed that sharing knowledge pushes them towards positive relationships that bind the employee with other administrators working at the university and finding strong relationships with employees who have common jobs and relationships depending on trusting others led to increased knowledge sharing. Moreover, sharing administrative knowledge increases productivity within the university, supports innovation among administrators, helps develop university work procedures, and increases the efficiency of employee’s cooperation, and helps colleagues within the university work to find solutions to problems and that the university's organizational culture promotes knowledge sharing among administrators, and a culture of teamwork. The study indicated that the most relevant applications that help administrators share knowledge are specialized training programs, work teams and groups of practice in the same profession.

Factors Affecting Knowledge Sharing Intentions: The Mediation Role of Attitudes in the South African Government Department by Tarisai Fritz Rukuni and Patience Elleth Nkuna-Nomandla

Factors Affecting Knowledge Sharing Intentions: The Mediation Role of Attitudes in the South African Government Department by Tarisai Fritz Rukuni and Patience Elleth Nkuna-Nomandla

Factors Affecting Knowledge Sharing in Virtual Teams

The development and use of information and communications technology (ICT) are growing at a rapid speed across the world. ICT has been the cause for new types of work arrangements, such as virtual organizations, virtual teams, teleworking, etc. Virtual teams provide organizations with competitive advantage by enabling them to hire talented people across the world and eliminating the need for physical availability in the office. However, one major issue hindering the productivity of the virtual team is knowledge sharing. The lack of proper knowledge sharing between team members may cause organizations to fail with regards to the implementation of successful strategies. The research into understanding knowledge sharing in virtual teams (VT) in the Middle East is lacking. While such studies have been done in the United States and Europe, the Middle East has been overlooked. In this study, the authors assume that there are some specific behavioral aspects of VT in the Middle East that create the need for specific scientific solutions. Accordingly, this study was conducted in the Middle East in order to gain scientific knowledge on the region’s specificity. The objective of this article is to create a model for the evaluation of the effect on knowledge sharing in virtual teams in the Middle East. For analysis, the selection of companies includes United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based companies in the IT industry whose businesses engage in VT. The results show that the following factors have a direct effect on knowledge sharing in VT: Culture, motivation, conflict, ICT, trust, and leadership. Conversely, the results do not demonstrate that language has any impact on knowledge sharing. The methodology used is as follows: Literature review, survey methods, and structural equation modeling.

Current Status and Factors Affecting Knowledge Sharing Practices among Health Professionals in Hiwot Fana Specialized University Hospital in Ethiopia

Knowledge sharing is about sharing relevant task (skills, experiences) among team members or with other people and making the shared knowledge reusable. Hence, the objective of this study was to assess the current status and factors affecting knowledge sharing practices among health professionals in Hiwot Fana Specialize University Hospital in Ethiopia. A Cross-sectional research method with questionnaire was employed for the study. The sample size was 152 categories of health professionals that were: 46 nurses, 18 doctors, 15 radiologists, 26 laboratory technologists, 22 health officers and 26 pharmacists; selected from a population of 268 professionals in the hospital. The sampling technique was stratified simple random sampling. The results showed that the current status of Knowledge Sharing practices by all categories of health professionals was 'high' in areas such as: formal training programs and workshops to share knowledge (3.43); individuals' pleasure to share their know-how, information, working experience and knowledge to colleagues voluntarily (3.81); individuals' pleasure to share freely information and knowledge that improves the hospital performance (4.00) and colleagues awareness of the importance of knowledge sharing in the hospital (3.90). Knowledge sharing was 'very low' based on the non-availability of motivational scheme in the hospital to motivate knowledge sharing (1.74) but 'low' on staffs feeling of motivation to share knowledge in the hospital (2.44). However, there were factors that affected knowledge sharing practices, which included: lack of willingness by colleagues to share their information with other colleagues at all times; lack of awareness on the importance of knowledge sharing in the day- to- day work and lack of intrinsic motivation that staff would gain new ideas, technologies skills or techniques by sharing knowledge. The study concludes that there were variations in the opinions of the categories of health professionals on the current status and factors affecting knowledge sharing practices in the hospital.

Factors Affecting Knowledge Sharing Capability Of Doctors In Palembang

The need for fast and accurate information about medical practices continues to increase, demanding doctors and hospitals be involved in the knowledge sharing process. This study analyzes the factors that influence the use of ICT (smartphone technology) by doctors and how ICT factors, individuals, and organizations influence the knowledge sharing capability of doctors. Data analysis was conducted on 120 doctors from three hospitals in Palembang City. The results of data processing performed indicate a positive influence of usefulness on ICT use; enjoyment helping other, trust, reward system, top management support and ICT use towards knowledge sharing capability.

Emotional Factors Affecting Knowledge Sharing Intentions in the Context of Competitive Knowledge Network

This study deals with a competitive knowledge network (CKN) where participants desire to pass their personally important exams, and henceforth want to contribute and seek knowledge about exam-related issues they need to solve. Besides, CKN members are basically competing with each other since they all aim to pass the same exams. Therefore, from the contributor’s perspective, if the advisor fears that his/her advice can be detrimental to his or her own benefits, knowledge sharing (KS) intention within the CKN may be hindered by their expectation of competitive advantage. However, few studies were done about the effects of such fear and a sense of competition on KS continuance intention in the context of CKN. In this sense, our study aims to elucidate the effects of competition and fear on KS continuance intention in a mobile CKN. By using 296 valid questionnaires, we obtained very meaningful conclusions such that competition is a driving force rather than an obstacle to KS among CKN members, and fear also enhances members’ sustainable KS intention.

Internationalization and Local Research Capacity Strengthening: Factors Affecting Knowledge Sharing Between International and Local Faculty in Kazakhstan

This study explores factors influencing the extent of engagement of international faculty in developing local research capacity. Drawing on ideas from research on knowledge sharing and on “intellectual commons,” we found that while the faculty share explicit knowledge in publications and tacit knowledge by providing apprenticeship opportunities for their students, they remain disengaged from building capacity of local academics. We argue that the main reasons for this disengagement is ambiguity in interpretation of the social contract, ineffective reward structures, and the lack of tenure contracts.

Multifaceted Factors Affecting Knowledge Sharing in Public Organizations

공공조직은 수많은 문제에 당면하게 된다. 공공조직은 당면한 문제를 해결하기 위하여 지식을 활용한다. 지식관리의 다양한 과정에서 지식공유는 조직에서 이용 가능한 지식을 확충하고 증가시키는 중요한 역할을 수행 한다. 지식은 명백한 지식과 암묵적 지식은 구 분된다. 두 종류의 지식은 다른 특성을 지니고 있기 때문에 다른 요인들에 의해 영향을 받을 가능성이 크다. 본 연구는 공공조직 구성원의 명백한 지식공유와 암묵적 지식공유 에 미치는 개인적 차원(자기목표설정, 신뢰), 조직 구조적 차원(권한위임, 문서주의), 그리 고 조직 관리적 차원(지원적 리더십, 성과보상제도)의 영향요인을 살펴본다. 본 연구의 목적을 달성하기 위해 362명의 응답자 표본을 대상으로 다중회귀분석을 실시하였다. 본 연구의 주요 분석결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 자기목표설정, 권한위임, 지원적 리더십은 명 백한 지식공유에 양(+)의 영향력을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 자기목표설정과 신뢰, 지원적 리더십은 암묵적 지식공유에 긍정적 영향을 주는 것으로 드러났다. 연구결과를 기반을 하여 조직 관리자는 공공조직 구성원의 지식공유에 대한 넓은 이해와 지식공유 방안을 고민할 필요가 있다.

Factors Affecting Knowledge Sharing Intention of Expert in Group of Faculty Member Telkom Corporate University

Factors Affecting Knowledge Sharing Intention of Expert in Group of Faculty Member Telkom Corporate University

Investigating Factors Affecting Knowledge Sharing Intentions among Islamic Banking Employees: A TRA Perspective

This study investigates knowledge sharing in Islamic banks. Fishbein’s Theory of reasoned action (TRA) has been used as a theoretical framework. Close ended questionnaire was used to gather data from employees of Islamic banks. This study examined the effect of independent variables i.e. anticipated extrinsic rewards (AER), sense of self-worth (SSW), and organization-based self-esteem (OBSE) and anticipated reciprocal relationship (ARR) on variables i.e. knowledge share intention (IKS), knowledge sharing attitude (ATKS). The objective was to find out the strongest predictor. Structural equations modeling (SEM) has been applied to examine the hypothesized relations. Analysis shows strong association between IKS and ATKS. Hypotheses relating SSW and OBSE were endorsed. While ARR and AER did not influence knowledge sharing attitude, yet the OBSE was found to have strongest impact on knowledge sharing attitude. In the light of results, it is suggested that Islamic banks should focus on other ways to encourage knowledge sharing rather than investing in reward systems. They should also focus on relationship improvement and also ensure support to employees by means of carrier planning and job security.

Factors affecting knowledge sharing practices of business educators in tertiary institutions in Imo State

The researchers examined factors affecting knowledge sharing practices of Business Educators in Tertiary Institutions in Imo State. The study used a survey design with two research questions. The population of the study consists of 38 Business Education Lecturers in Tertiary Institutions in Imo State. A census study of all the 38 lecturers was involved for the study since their number can be reached. The instrument for data collection in this study is a researcher made rating scale named “Factors Affecting Knowledge Sharing Practices of Business Educators Scale (FAKSPBES)” with 10 items based on a four-point scale. The face validity of the instrument was established by three experts in Business Education and Educational Measurement and Evaluation while internal consistency was established on a one-shot method of administration using Cronbach alpha statistics with an index of 0.79 indicating high reliability of the research instrument. The rating scale was administered by hand and was retrieved personally by the researchers with the help of two trained research assistants to ensure a high percentage return rate. In analysing the data that were collected, mean score was used to answer the research questions. For instance, mean score below the criterion mean of 2.5 is regarded as disagreed to the items while mean score of 2.5 and above is seen as agreed among the respondents. It was found among others that positive factors affect knowledge sharing practices of Business Educators in Tertiary Institutions among which are motivation to share knowledge, management support, trust, spirit of teamwork and good leadership. In the same vein, the negative factors that affect knowledge sharing practices of Business Educators are poor technical infrastructure, ill behaviour of some lecturers, politicking, poor technical skills, and poor reward system. It was recommended that school administrators should ensure that technical infrastructure that could affect knowledge sharing practices of Business Educators is improved upon. Keywords: Knowledge, Knowledge sharing, Business Educators, Lecturers, Tertiary Institutions

The Factors affecting Knowledge Sharing at the Iranian Ministry of Sports

The Factors affecting Knowledge Sharing at the Iranian Ministry of Sports

Individuals Factors Affecting Knowledge Sharing and Performance in Higher Education: An Empirical Study of B-Schools

Individuals Factors Affecting Knowledge Sharing and Performance in Higher Education: An Empirical Study of B-Schools

Factors Affecting Knowledge Sharing Among Doctors of Public Hospitals

The main objective of this investigation is to examine the relationship between transformational leadership, psychological capital, job satisfaction and knowledge sharing among doctors especially young doctors of public hospitals. The primary quantitative study is conducted. Convenience sampling used to select the respondents (n=161) who completed the self-administered questionnaire survey providing their responses to transformational leadership, psychological capital, job satisfaction and knowledge sharing. Statistical analysis is done using SPSS version 21. Multiple regression analysis indicated that job satisfaction is the strongest predictor of knowledge sharing while psychological capital is week predictor of knowledge sharing. The result shows that transformational leadership has no direct impact on knowledge sharing which need to reconfirm in further studies. Findings are useful for policy making institutions to take initiatives to enhance doctors’ job satisfaction.

Impact of Technological & Innovation Factors Affecting Knowledge Sharing on Employees in Knowledge Information Technology Companies in Bangalore

Impact of Technological & Innovation Factors Affecting Knowledge Sharing on Employees in Knowledge Information Technology Companies in Bangalore

Exploring the Factors Affecting Knowledge Sharing Behavior in an Online Learning Community

본 연구의 목적은 온라인 학습공동체의 지식공유행동에 영향을 미치는 요인을 탐색하는 데 있다. 선행 연구를 고찰하여 환경적 요인으로는 자율성, 학습자 내적요인으로는 협력성향과 다양성 수용도, 관계적 요인으로는 사회적 실재감을 선정하여 가설적 경로모형을 상정하였다. 연구를 위해 A대학 자연과학대학 바이오분야의 자발적으로 구성된 온라인 학습공동체를 선정하였으며, 학습공동체에 참여한 154명의 대학 생을 대상으로 설문을 수거하여 경로분석을 실시하였다. 연구 결과, 자율성은 협력성향과 다양성 수용도, 사회적 실재감에 직접적 영향을 미쳤으며, 사회적 실재감을 통해 지식공유행동에 간접적인 영향을 미쳤다. 또한 학습자 내적요인인 협력성향은 사회적 실재감과 지식공유행동에 영향을 미쳤을 뿐만 아니라, 사회적 실재감을 통해 지식공유행동에 간접적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 반면, 다양성 수용도는 사회적 실재감에 직접적인 영향을 미쳤으나, 지식공유행동에는 직접적인 영향을 나타내지 못하였다. 또한 관계적 요인인 사회적 실재감은 지식공유행동에 유의하게 영향을 미쳤다. 이러한 결과는 온라인 기반 학습공동체 에서의 지식공유행동을 촉진하기 위해 학습 환경 및 학습자 성향, 공동체 내 상호관계를 신중히 고려해야 할 것을 시사하고 있다.The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among learning environment factors, individual factors, relational factors, and knowledge-sharing behavior in an online learning community. Based on the literature reviews, autonomy was chosen as a learning environment factor, collaborative preference and openness to diversity were determined as an individual factor, and social presence was selected as a relational factor. The proposed path model posited that autonomy, collaborative preference, openness to diversity, and social presence influenced knowledge-sharing behavior. The model was tested with 154 Natural Science college students who have been participating in on online based learning community regarding bio-science and bio-engineering. Path analysis was performed to examine the relationship between the research variables. The results showed that autonomy had direct effects on collaborative preference; openness to diversity, social presence, and social presence had an indirect effect between autonomy and knowledge-sharing behavior. In addition, collaborative preference had direct effects on social presence, knowledge-sharing behavior and had an indirect effect on knowledge-sharing behavior. Openness to diversity affected social presence and did not affect knowledge-sharing behavior. The implications of enhancing knowledge-sharing behavior were discussed based on the findings.

An Empirical Study on Factors Affecting Knowledge Sharing in Organizations: Strong Relationship, Organizational Learning Culture, Developmental Feedback, Organizational Commitment, and Turnover Intent

An Empirical Study on Factors Affecting Knowledge Sharing in Organizations: Strong Relationship, Organizational Learning Culture, Developmental Feedback, Organizational Commitment, and Turnover Intent

Investigating Factors Affecting Knowledge Sharing Intention of Salespeople

This article examines the role of various economic, socio-psychological and sociological factors that influence a salesperson’s intention to share knowledge with other salespersons. The research framework is based on the original theory of reasoned action developed by Fishbein and Ajzen in 1975. Data were gathered through questionnaires involving 164 respondents across sectors. Measure validation and model testing were conducted using Partial Least Square (PLS) Graph Version 3.0. Results indicate that subjective norm (SN) followed by attitude towards knowledge sharing (KS) has the strongest influence on intention of salespeople to share knowledge. Among factors that affect attitude towards KS, perceived reputation enhancement has the strongest impact followed by other salient variables, such as perceived loss of knowledge power, organizational commitment and anticipated reciprocal benefits. This testifies that before engaging in KS, employees carefully weigh in the benefits and costs involved in the process. Negative and insignificant relationship is found between perceived organizational incentives and attitude towards KS. SN in context of KS is strongly influenced by factors, such as sense of self-worth followed by organizational climate.