Knowledge Sharing in Knowledge-based Institutions
Recent development has witnessed the emergence of new economy where knowledge has become a valuable resource and asset. As things change speedily in this new economy, fire concern is not only on how much you know, but also how quickly you can capture and apply what you have learnt. fit many ways, kn...
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| author | Jessica Sze-Yin, Ho Cheng Ming, Yu Lau Pei, Mey |
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| description | Recent development has witnessed the emergence of new economy where knowledge has become a valuable resource and asset. As things change speedily in this new economy, fire concern is not only on how much you know, but also how quickly you can capture and apply what you have learnt. fit many ways, knowledge sharing is envisaged as a natural activity of academic institutions. Tire number of seminars, conferences and publications by academics is far exceeding any other profession, signifying the eagerness and generosity of academics to share knowledge. However, a closer look tit the problem might reveal a different story; instead of knowledge sharing, "knowledge hoarding" could be more prevalent in academic institutions. This paper examines the knowledge sharing behaviour among academics. The overall findings revealed that incentive system and personal expectation are two key factors in driving academics to engage in knowledge sharing activity |
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| spelling | mmu-28982011-09-21T07:12:40Z http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/2898/ Knowledge Sharing in Knowledge-based Institutions Jessica Sze-Yin, Ho Cheng Ming, Yu Lau Pei, Mey HB Economic theory. Demography QA75.5-76.95 Electronic computers. Computer science Recent development has witnessed the emergence of new economy where knowledge has become a valuable resource and asset. As things change speedily in this new economy, fire concern is not only on how much you know, but also how quickly you can capture and apply what you have learnt. fit many ways, knowledge sharing is envisaged as a natural activity of academic institutions. Tire number of seminars, conferences and publications by academics is far exceeding any other profession, signifying the eagerness and generosity of academics to share knowledge. However, a closer look tit the problem might reveal a different story; instead of knowledge sharing, "knowledge hoarding" could be more prevalent in academic institutions. This paper examines the knowledge sharing behaviour among academics. The overall findings revealed that incentive system and personal expectation are two key factors in driving academics to engage in knowledge sharing activity 2008-06 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed Jessica Sze-Yin, Ho and Cheng Ming, Yu and Lau Pei, Mey (2008) Knowledge Sharing in Knowledge-based Institutions. In: 10th International-Business-Information-Management-Association Conference, 30 JUN 30-01 JUL 2008, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA. http://apps.webofknowledge.com/full_record.do?product=WOS&search_mode=GeneralSearch&qid=1&SID=W2iM7ei4LG636K33M1G&page=94&doc=932 |
| spellingShingle | HB Economic theory. Demography QA75.5-76.95 Electronic computers. Computer science Jessica Sze-Yin, Ho Cheng Ming, Yu Lau Pei, Mey Knowledge Sharing in Knowledge-based Institutions |
| title | Knowledge Sharing in Knowledge-based Institutions |
| title_full | Knowledge Sharing in Knowledge-based Institutions |
| title_fullStr | Knowledge Sharing in Knowledge-based Institutions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge Sharing in Knowledge-based Institutions |
| title_short | Knowledge Sharing in Knowledge-based Institutions |
| title_sort | knowledge sharing in knowledge-based institutions |
| topic | HB Economic theory. Demography QA75.5-76.95 Electronic computers. Computer science |
| url | http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/2898/ http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/2898/ |