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Factors Affecting Knowledge Sharing Practice in Malaysia: A Preliminary Overview

Factors Affecting Knowledge Sharing Practice in Malaysia: A Preliminary Overview

Zawiyah Mohd Yusof, Mohd Bakhari Ismail
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 14
ISBN13: 9781616928865|ISBN10: 1616928867|EISBN13: 9781616928889
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61692-886-5.ch009
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Yusof, Zawiyah Mohd, and Mohd Bakhari Ismail. "Factors Affecting Knowledge Sharing Practice in Malaysia: A Preliminary Overview." Knowledge Management in Emerging Economies: Social, Organizational and Cultural Implementation, edited by Minwir Al-Shammari, IGI Global, 2011, pp. 157-170. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61692-886-5.ch009

APA

Yusof, Z. M. & Ismail, M. B. (2011). Factors Affecting Knowledge Sharing Practice in Malaysia: A Preliminary Overview. In M. Al-Shammari (Ed.), Knowledge Management in Emerging Economies: Social, Organizational and Cultural Implementation (pp. 157-170). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61692-886-5.ch009

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Yusof, Zawiyah Mohd, and Mohd Bakhari Ismail. "Factors Affecting Knowledge Sharing Practice in Malaysia: A Preliminary Overview." In Knowledge Management in Emerging Economies: Social, Organizational and Cultural Implementation, edited by Minwir Al-Shammari, 157-170. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2011. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61692-886-5.ch009

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Abstract

The need for the adoption of knowledge management practice, particularly knowledge sharing is pressing in any modern organisation today in order to ensure their survival in this highly competitive world. It is evidence that knowledge sharing has given untold advantages to organisations such as the ability to make good decisions and formulate new strategies. This in turn enables organisations to remain competitive in their respective industry. Knowledge bears no value unless it is shared and well disseminated, particularly among workers within the organisation. Despite its advantages, knowledge sharing seems to be taken lightly by many organisations in Malaysia and only a few studies have been carried out. Therefore, the authors take an initiative to identify factors affecting knowledge sharing in Malaysian public sector. An extensive literature review has been conducted in this area in order to determine such factors. Synthesizing from the literatures, this chapter proposes a theoretical framework that takes into consideration the individual, organizational and technological dimensions that might affect knowledge sharing practise in Malaysian public sector. It is not the intention of this chapter to include the findings of this study and therefore the current study only develops a framework based on literature review. The findings of the study will be reported upon completion of the entire study.

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