The role of effective Factors on Organizational Knowledge Sharing

International Review, 2016

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between knowledge management and organizational culture, adopting the view of knowledge. Understanding how different cultural types are associated with specific knowledge management should shed light on how the relationship between organizational culture and knowledge management is manifested in the choices of organizations. For this research, the quantitative research design will be used. A survey questionnaire will be employed in achieving the objectives of this research. Results indicate that successful KM application should go beyond the operational side into social, human and organizational aspects to create individual commitment towards KM implementation. This discussion also emphasizes the importance of the collective knowledge and knowledge network concepts on the organizational level.

Deleted Journal, 2023

This study presents the knowledge-sharing model based on individual and organizational factors related to faculty members. To achieve this goal, individual and organizational factors were presented through qualitative research in the form of open codes, axial, and selective observations; then, the final model was obtained using a structural equation model. Participants included 1,719 faculty members of the university in Iran. The samples related to the qualitative survey included 25 faculty members and the samples for the quantitative survey included 326 faculty members selected by multistage cluster sampling. A 72item questionnaire was used to measure the quantitative variables. The results showed that the status of knowledge sharing is moderate in universities. Individual factors influencing knowledge sharing included the sharing of educational materials, perception, confidence and knowledge self-efficiency, and organizational factors influencing knowledge sharing included structural social capital, cognitive social capital, social capital relations, organizational communication, organizational structure, organizational culture, IT infrastructure and systems of rewards. Finally, it was found that the contribution of individual factors on knowledge sharing was more than organizational factors; therefore, a model was presented in which the contribution of individual and organizational factors was determined.

2017

At present the organizations of the world are moving towards an efficient knowledge based development environment. Knowledge sharing is an important tool that turns individual knowledge into group organizational knowledge. Knowledge sharing among employees is a procedure which passes skills and qualifications from one person to another to solve problems, develop new ideas, or implement policies or procedures. Future success of an organization depends on effective knowledge sharing. In this study a survey is conducted among 163 employees in different organizations on knowledge sharing. Data are collected on questionnaire survey on ‘Likert five point scale’ to measure the observed variables. Factor analysis and structure equation model are developed from collected data by SPSS 20 and AMOS 21. Research shows that knowledge sharing increases the knowledge management practice environment and efficiency of the organization. An attempt has been taken here to show that knowledge sharing inc...

International Journal of Management Excellence, 2015

The central issue in this research is how voluntary solidarity and reciprocal interaction improves organizational performance through the support of knowledge sharing culture. The population in this study was private Universities' (PTS) lecturers at Semarang which was selected as group random sample. The data was collected through the questionnaires of 241 respondents. The data was analyzed using structural equation model (SEM) with AMOS 19.00 system. The study shows that (1) the voluntary solidarity gave positive influence on knowledge sharing culture, (2) reciprocal interaction brought positive and significant effect on knowledge sharing culture, (3) voluntary solidarity brought positive and significant effect on the organizational performance, (4) reciprocal interaction dimension had positive and significant effect on organizational performance, (5) knowledge sharing culture brought positive and significant effect on the organizational performance.

Abstract: Knowledge sharing (KS) as one of the knowledge management fundamental activities witch management and knowledge management researchers has focused into. Because of inability to effective KS and intellectual capital in organizations, they waste a lot of money. Effective knowledge sharing requires the appropriate cultural context and background. Organizational culture always one of the fundamental challenges in knowledge management and sharing is considered, hence identifying barriers and stimulating cultural factors is essential and decisive in order to realization of knowledge management and sharing. In this research the organizational culture and knowledge sharing relationships among faculties of JIHAD DANESHGAHI has been studied. Results show that corporate, flexible (Innovative) and Mission culture have positive relationship with knowledge sharing among the faculties. But there is no any significant relationship between stability culture and knowledge sharing process. T...

Journal of Economics, Business and Management, 2013

This article discusses the culture of knowledge sharing as a factor of business success of an engineering company. Based on the key concepts of culture and theories of knowledge in organizations, it aimed to identify the predictors of success of an engineering company and to analyze the culture of knowledge sharing and its impact on organizational growth. After conducting semi-structured interviews with managers and employees, qualitative analyses were performed and the indicators of success were defined, which allowed for an assessment of the knowledge sharing culture and its relevance for the organization's success. The findings indicate that knowledge sharing is part of the organization's culture and represents an important factor for its success. Innovation, training, quality management and the values established from the foundation are key elements that fostered organizational growth.

2021

With the increase in number of organisations and institutions have realised the importance of simulated learning to embolden knowledge sharing for competitive advantage. Knowledge has become one of the vital factor which further leads to organisation’s impetus and works as a part and parcel with the enterprise’s effectiveness and competitiveness of its actions and behavior. These days’ organisations highlighting upon to create new knowledge to retort swiftly and effectively to a changing environment which cultivates from organizational knowledge sharing behavior (KSB). Conversely, this job cannot be simply achieved through grouping employees and influencing them to share their knowledge. The current study is focused on how knowledge sharing behavior of employees is affected by organisational culture, and reward system. The main concept lies on the fact to find out the relationship among organisational culture and reward system with respect to knowledge sharing behavior. The research...

المجلة العربیة للإدارة, 2022

Purpose: Examine the impact of national culture based on Hofstede' s concept of cultural dimensions on knowledge sharing and the moderate role of the organizational factors as success factors. Design\ methodology\ approach: The descriptive and inferential approach relying on a simple random sample among local and international employees working in Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI) company. An electronic questionnaire distributed for this purpose. Findings: Collectivism, Femininity, LO, and SR are positively impact on KS, while PD, I, M, UA, SO, and ID are negatively impact the KS. Moreover, OC play a moderate role as success factor to maximize the advantage of PD, C, F, LO and SR and minimize the impact of I, M, UA, SO and ID on KS. In addition, the index of six national cultural dimensions of the sample understudy was compared to original Hofstede index and resulted on almost the same values. Originality / value: There are a few studies that examine the effect of the indulgence/self-restraint dimension. Moreover, most studies focus on single culture and there are a few studies that compare the national culture between two or more countries. Finally, there is no study has been conducted to examine the moderate role of organizational culture in this relationship. All of these aspects give uniqueness to this study and encourage to fill-up those gaps.

The Journal of Social Sciences Research, 2018

Knowledge sharing, which has been recognized as a part of knowledge management. It is defined as a willingness to share and to seek between two parties; knowledge seekers and knowledge owners. This action was held to warrant the organization in remain relevant and the continuity of knowledge to exist and evolve, regardless the availability of the knowledge owner. This paper aims to understand the current determinants which contribute to the knowledge sharing intention among knowledge workers and identifying potential future research from the literature review. The outcome from the findings will succor the researcher to determine the substantial factors from various determinants of personnel and organization. In addition, the outcome from the paper also aims in assisting the personnel from the academia in finding the proper channel to reach the knowledge worker and hence gaining the respective knowledge which beneficial to them from the port operator industry themselves.

2011

Purpose-This research aims at investigating the role of certain factors in organizational culture in the success of knowledge sharing. Such factors as interpersonal trust, communication between staff, information systems, rewards and organization structure play an important role in defining the relationships between staff and in turn, providing possibilities to break obstacles to knowledge sharing. This research is intended to contribute in helping businesses understand the essential role of organizational culture in nourishing knowledge and spreading it in order to become leaders in utilizing their know-how and enjoying prosperity thereafter. Design/methodology/approach-The conclusions of this study are based on interpreting the results of a survey and a number of interviews with staff from various organizations in Bahrain from the public and private sectors. Findings-The research findings indicate that trust, communication, information systems, rewards and organization structure are positively related to knowledge sharing in organizations. Research limitations/implications-The authors believe that further research is required to address governmental sector institutions, where organizational politics dominate a role in hoarding knowledge, through such methods as case studies and observation. Originality/value-Previous research indicated that the Bahraini society is influenced by traditions of household, tribe, and especially religion of the Arab and Islamic world. These factors define people's beliefs and behaviours, and thus exercise strong influence in the performance of business organizations. This study is motivated by the desire to explore the role of the national organizational culture on knowledge sharing, which may be different from previous studies conducted abroad.

2014

This article reports on the literature associated with knowledge sharing success. Studies reveal a number of factors, which influence the success of knowledge sharing among employees in organizations. The review highlights that the factors contributing to the success of knowledge sharing have been identified as organizational, individual and IT related factors. Based on the review, the conceptual model is proposed, which consists of three main constructs namely organizational factors (Organizational Support, Trust, Organizational Culture, Reward System, Organizational Structure), individual factors (Self-Efficiency, and Subjective Norm), and IT related factors (Information System, Technical Infrastructure, and Usage of Social Media). It is suggested that the empirical study be conducted using the proposed conceptual model.

2011

The effectiveness of a knowledge sharing activities in organization has the potential of improving customer services, bringing new product to market and reducing cost of business operations. Recently, Information Technologies are often used in knowledge management in informing customers and employees of the latest innovation or development as well as sharing knowledge among the employees. In knowledge management, effective knowledge sharing is considered to be one of the most vital components of KM success. Knowledge sharing practice helps organization to improve performance and achieve their mission. However, many researchers and authors agree and disagree with each others about embedding knowledge sharing practice in workplace. Therefore, this paper discusses generally about knowledge sharing practices in organization to investigate whether knowledge sharing is practiced and embedded sufficiently in organization.

2006

This study investigates the dynamics of a knowledge sharing effort in New York State government that involved multiple organizations, divisions, and geographically separated offices in the development of the MultiPurpose Access for Customer Relations & Operational Support System. Using a case study approach, we address the question of how multiple organizational and technological factors-distributed leadership, alignment of issues and incentives, coordination of a number and variety of groups, trust, technology, and implementation strategy-interact with the nature of knowledge to influence the knowledge sharing process. A major contribution of this study is that it uses a multi-dimensional view of knowledge, examining the interactive impact of the nature of knowledge with multiple organizational and technological factors in public sector knowledge management research.

ipedr.net, 2010

Knowledge sharing is the key to successful implementation of knowledge management. This is the reasons that why over the year's researchers have focused on various aspects of knowledge sharing. This paper reviews the important factors so far discussed by various authors in their studies and considered them very crucial for knowledge sharing. Besides reviewing, some new factors are also included in this study. Factors which are discussed in this study are organizational structure, organizational climate, organizational size, Information Technology, rewards, stressors and job. This paper can give readers an understanding of knowledge sharing and its factors.

Knowledge sharing is a process in which individuals exchange their knowledge (implicit and explicit) and they create new knowledge together. Knowledge is an Unlimited; unfailing and valuable source for organizations that cause to survive in competitive environment and can be used to achieve competitive advantage. We can say that survival power of today's Organizations is depending on their use of knowledge. Knowledge can be available to individuals and organizations, therefore, there must exit conditions in the organization that people be able to share their knowledge with other individuals. In such situation, organizations can improve employees performance and also organizations performance. Given that the gas company performs and provides services to the citizens, achieving such goals requires employees to have certain knowledge and sharing that with other employees. So the objective of this study is to determine the factors affecting on knowledge sharing (motivation and confidence) and its impact on employees performance in the Gas Company of Kurdistan Province. This study provides a model that includes variables such as motivation, 211 confidence, knowledge sharing and performance in which the first two variables have been studied as the factors affecting on knowledge sharing. Statistical population of this study includes all of the executive employees in the Gas Company of Kurdistan province and statistical sampling included 124 people which were selected randomly. For collection of data a questionnaire was used. The standard questionnaire was used to design questions related to motivation, trust and knowledge sharing and to assess the employee's performance. The results showed that the factors of motivation and confidence are considered as factors affecting on knowledge sharing behavior and they enhance knowledge sharing, therefor they should be taken into consideration. In addition, the overall indices of model showed that the presented pattern is a good theoretical model for determining the effect of knowledge sharing on employees performance in which the data supported the model. Generally the effect of above factors on knowledge sharing behavior and the effect of knowledge sharing on employees' performance in Gas Company was confirmed.