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Knowledge sharing among public sector employees: evidence from Malaysia
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In this paper, a survey-based methodology employing a research questionnaire was used to elicit the views of public sector employees towards the importance of knowledge sharing (KS); identify the barriers to KS; and identify initiatives that may encourage KS.Abstract:
Purpose – The main purpose of this paper is to: identify the views of public sector employees towards the importance of Knowledge Sharing (KS); identify the barriers to KS; and identify initiatives that may encourage KS.Design/methodology/approach – The design employed in this research was mainly descriptive in nature. A survey‐based methodology employing a research questionnaire was used to elicit the views of public sector employees towards KS. A total of 320 questionnaires were randomly distributed and 170 were successfully collected, giving a response rate of 60 percent.Findings – The results showed that the respondents were very positive in their views towards “importance of KS” and they also strongly felt that knowledge was a source of competitive advantage. However, they were of the view that the importance of knowledge sharing was not clearly communicated and many of them were not sure whether KS strategy existed in their department. The public sector employees also showed self‐serving biases when...read more
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The improvement of organisational performance and healthcare service delivery through knowledge management practices in the Gauteng Department of Health
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The effects of demographic change and the present challenges for human resource management in German local authorities in relation to workforce planning to facilitate the management of knowledge
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Knowledge sharing in public service : a case study of the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Human Resource Development Forum.
TL;DR: Doctor of Philosophy in Library and Information Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg 2015.
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Determinants of Knowledge Sharing Behaviour among Academics in United Arab Emirates
Huda Alami Skaik,Roslina Othman +1 more
TL;DR: It is proved that academics' knowledge sharing behaviour is significantly influenced by intention, which is influenced by attitude, subjective norms, and self-efficacy.
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Does size matter? The effects of public sector organizational size’ on knowledge management processes and operational efficiency
TL;DR: In this paper, a structured country-wide survey of United Arab Emirates public sector organizations was conducted to assess the hypothesized differences in the implementation of knowledge management processes (knowledge acquisition, knowledge creation, knowledge capture, knowledge storage and retrieval, knowledge sharing, knowledge utilization) and its impact on the operational efficiency across small and medium, large and very large public sector organisations.
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