Knowledge Sharing in Organizations - Annotated Bibliography Example

Download file to see previous pages The third research study reviewed in this paper is that of Perez-Araos et al. (2007), which builds upon a software-based KM tool for practical implementation of knowledge sharing. The two remaining studies by Goh and Hooper (2009) and Parirokh et al. (2008) depart from the focus on the business organizations with regards to knowledge management and explore how knowledge sharing is processed in other environments. Goh and Hooper (2009) study the subject of knowledge sharing in ‘closed – information’ environments such as military forces (particularly the New Zealand Defence Force), while Parirokh et al. (2008) study the status of knowledge sharing practices in academic libraries.
The purpose of the research paper is to provide empirical evidence for the positive relationship between knowledge sharing as a practice and organizational effectiveness. The author claims that the research undertaken in the particular field is nonsubstantial, and for this reason, the study contributes to understanding how knowledge sharing contributes to organizational learning and how both knowledge sharing and organizational learning contribute to organizational effectiveness
Analysis: Descriptive statistics were used in order to generate the profile of the respondents and Regression analysis was used in order to test the two hypotheses in terms of the three variables (dependent: organizational effectiveness and independent: knowledge sharing and organizational learning)
Firstly, the findings with regards to the relationship between knowledge sharing and organizational learning suggest that: knowledge sharing is positively linked to organizational learning but this relationship should be mediated by proper collection and integration of the ‘knowledge’ in order to be meaningful to the organizational learning. ...Download file to see next pagesRead More