The Concept of Information Sharing Behaviors in Complex Organizations: Research in Latvian Enterprises
The purpose of this paper is to explore the factors influencing behaviors of information sharing in complex organizations. Evaluation of the previous studies on provision of information turnover process and the role of organizational culture in competitive intelligence of business environment in Lat...
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| description | The purpose of this paper is to explore the factors influencing behaviors of information sharing in complex organizations. Evaluation of the previous studies on provision of information turnover process and the role of organizational culture in competitive intelligence of business environment in Latvia indicated the trends that employees of Latvian enterprises lack incentive to share information. Tasks of the study were to research the basis of the review of scientific sources and study aspects influencing habits of information sharing in complex organizations. For this particular study, the focus group is selected as the most appropriate data collection method for high-quality research. To find out individuals' opinions and attitudes two focus group discussions were carried out. Members from various industries and with different employment period were included in discussion groups. In aggregate, opinions of the employees from 41 different companies were summarized regarding the aspects affecting the process of information sharing in organizations. Results of researches show that that influence the sharing of information are closely related to the values: interpersonal trust, organizational trust, and organizational identification, support, fairness etc. Results of discussions showed that it is important for a manager to be aware of the factors affecting the performance of the organization. To identify the need for changes, a manager should follow events in the environment and analyze the extent, to which they affect the performance of the organization. Complexity science suggests that maturity to changes emerges when the system is far from balance, but the tension makes to accept changes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8177570910e34940ac865585820359fe2022-12-21T22:07:19ZengInternational Institute of Informatics and CyberneticsJournal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics1690-45242016-12-011467882The Concept of Information Sharing Behaviors in Complex Organizations: Research in Latvian EnterprisesAndrejs CekulsThe purpose of this paper is to explore the factors influencing behaviors of information sharing in complex organizations. Evaluation of the previous studies on provision of information turnover process and the role of organizational culture in competitive intelligence of business environment in Latvia indicated the trends that employees of Latvian enterprises lack incentive to share information. Tasks of the study were to research the basis of the review of scientific sources and study aspects influencing habits of information sharing in complex organizations. For this particular study, the focus group is selected as the most appropriate data collection method for high-quality research. To find out individuals' opinions and attitudes two focus group discussions were carried out. Members from various industries and with different employment period were included in discussion groups. In aggregate, opinions of the employees from 41 different companies were summarized regarding the aspects affecting the process of information sharing in organizations. Results of researches show that that influence the sharing of information are closely related to the values: interpersonal trust, organizational trust, and organizational identification, support, fairness etc. Results of discussions showed that it is important for a manager to be aware of the factors affecting the performance of the organization. To identify the need for changes, a manager should follow events in the environment and analyze the extent, to which they affect the performance of the organization. Complexity science suggests that maturity to changes emerges when the system is far from balance, but the tension makes to accept changes.http://www.iiisci.org/Journal/CV$/sci/pdfs/ZA467XI16.pdf Information Sharingcomplexityorganizational cultureorganizational learningstructural change |
| spellingShingle | Andrejs Cekuls The Concept of Information Sharing Behaviors in Complex Organizations: Research in Latvian Enterprises Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics Information Sharing complexity organizational culture organizational learning structural change |
| title | The Concept of Information Sharing Behaviors in Complex Organizations: Research in Latvian Enterprises |
| title_full | The Concept of Information Sharing Behaviors in Complex Organizations: Research in Latvian Enterprises |
| title_fullStr | The Concept of Information Sharing Behaviors in Complex Organizations: Research in Latvian Enterprises |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Concept of Information Sharing Behaviors in Complex Organizations: Research in Latvian Enterprises |
| title_short | The Concept of Information Sharing Behaviors in Complex Organizations: Research in Latvian Enterprises |
| title_sort | concept of information sharing behaviors in complex organizations research in latvian enterprises |
| topic | Information Sharing complexity organizational culture organizational learning structural change |
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