TY - JOUR

T1 - Knowledge sharing and work identity

T2 - A qualitative perspective

AU - Abbariki, Mahnaz

PY - 2013/1/1

Y1 - 2013/1/1

N2 - Despite the continuing interest in knowledge management as a domain, studies concentrating on knowledge sharing are relatively recent. An important aspect of organizational learning and knowledge sharing studies has been based on the idea that through knowledge sharing between individuals organizational learning will occur. However, clear explanation of the process is not available, and the idea that how employees can be encouraged to share is a developing area in the domain of knowledge management studies. The purpose of this paper is to follow employees' knowledge sharing in organizations and to pursue an exploration to find out how these processes are shaped and under what conditions people share more or less. Moreover, the exploration as a link to the human side of knowledge management will be useful, since the current under-representation of the subject has not been supplemented by empirical research able to highlight the process of knowledge sharing activities in the workplace. This paper aims to contribute to deeper understanding of the subject domain by employing the qualitative method of inquiry to portray better insight to underlying factor that is essential to employees' knowledge sharing behavior.

AB - Despite the continuing interest in knowledge management as a domain, studies concentrating on knowledge sharing are relatively recent. An important aspect of organizational learning and knowledge sharing studies has been based on the idea that through knowledge sharing between individuals organizational learning will occur. However, clear explanation of the process is not available, and the idea that how employees can be encouraged to share is a developing area in the domain of knowledge management studies. The purpose of this paper is to follow employees' knowledge sharing in organizations and to pursue an exploration to find out how these processes are shaped and under what conditions people share more or less. Moreover, the exploration as a link to the human side of knowledge management will be useful, since the current under-representation of the subject has not been supplemented by empirical research able to highlight the process of knowledge sharing activities in the workplace. This paper aims to contribute to deeper understanding of the subject domain by employing the qualitative method of inquiry to portray better insight to underlying factor that is essential to employees' knowledge sharing behavior.

KW - Complex and non-complex work environments

KW - Knowledge sharing behavior

KW - Work identity

KW - Work routines

U2 - 10.18848/2327-7998/CGP/v12i02/50794

DO - 10.18848/2327-7998/CGP/v12i02/50794

M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:84883379018

VL - 12

SP - 45

EP - 60

JO - Knowledge Management

JF - Knowledge Management

SN - 2327-7998

IS - 2

ER -