The effect of organizational culture on knowledge sharing among academic staff holding an administrative position in university
Knowledge sharing is the primary source of gaining competitive advantage and achieving long term success. Knowledge sharing is affected by many factors and the foremost of them is the culture of an organization. Organizational culture will help in developing the knowledge sharing practices among the...
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| author | Mahmoud, Mohammad Md. Rasli, Amran Othman, Muhammed Fauzi Abdulahad, Bawer Marwan |
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| description | Knowledge sharing is the primary source of gaining competitive advantage and achieving long term success. Knowledge sharing is affected by many factors and the foremost of them is the culture of an organization. Organizational culture will help in developing the knowledge sharing practices among the members of an organization and achieve organizational objectives. The aim of the present study; firstly, to find out how the culture affects knowledge sharing in UTM (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) and which of the cultural factors are more prevalent in developing knowledge sharing practices; secondly, to determine the level of knowledge sharing among the academic staff holding administrative positions in various faculties and departments of the university. Using quantitative approach, data was collected through survey questionnaire from a sample of 132 respondents. The analysis was carried out using descriptive and inferential statistics. Three of the dimensions of OC, workgroup support, information technology, and social interaction are found to be most significant in UTM, while reward system is found to be insignificant. Knowledge sharing is found to be high among academic staff holding administrative posts. The study concludes that organizational culture factors, workgroup support, information technology and social interaction are the most important factors that are helping in enhancing knowledge sharing in UTM. Finally, some recommendations related to the future studies are also included like investigating all levels and incorporating both administrative and academic staff, comparison with other public sector universities and between public and private sector universities. |
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| spelling | utm.eprints-599742022-04-24T07:43:31Z http://eprints.utm.my/59974/ The effect of organizational culture on knowledge sharing among academic staff holding an administrative position in university Mahmoud, Mohammad Md. Rasli, Amran Othman, Muhammed Fauzi Abdulahad, Bawer Marwan H Social Sciences (General) L Education (General) Knowledge sharing is the primary source of gaining competitive advantage and achieving long term success. Knowledge sharing is affected by many factors and the foremost of them is the culture of an organization. Organizational culture will help in developing the knowledge sharing practices among the members of an organization and achieve organizational objectives. The aim of the present study; firstly, to find out how the culture affects knowledge sharing in UTM (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) and which of the cultural factors are more prevalent in developing knowledge sharing practices; secondly, to determine the level of knowledge sharing among the academic staff holding administrative positions in various faculties and departments of the university. Using quantitative approach, data was collected through survey questionnaire from a sample of 132 respondents. The analysis was carried out using descriptive and inferential statistics. Three of the dimensions of OC, workgroup support, information technology, and social interaction are found to be most significant in UTM, while reward system is found to be insignificant. Knowledge sharing is found to be high among academic staff holding administrative posts. The study concludes that organizational culture factors, workgroup support, information technology and social interaction are the most important factors that are helping in enhancing knowledge sharing in UTM. Finally, some recommendations related to the future studies are also included like investigating all levels and incorporating both administrative and academic staff, comparison with other public sector universities and between public and private sector universities. Readers Insight Publisher 2014-09 Article PeerReviewed Mahmoud, Mohammad and Md. Rasli, Amran and Othman, Muhammed Fauzi and Abdulahad, Bawer Marwan (2014) The effect of organizational culture on knowledge sharing among academic staff holding an administrative position in university. Journal of Management Info, 1 (3). pp. 67-83. ISSN 2313-3376 http://dx.doi.org/10.31580/jmi.v3i1.13 DOI:10.31580/jmi.v3i1.13 |
| spellingShingle | H Social Sciences (General) L Education (General) Mahmoud, Mohammad Md. Rasli, Amran Othman, Muhammed Fauzi Abdulahad, Bawer Marwan The effect of organizational culture on knowledge sharing among academic staff holding an administrative position in university |
| title | The effect of organizational culture on knowledge sharing among academic staff holding an administrative position in university |
| title_full | The effect of organizational culture on knowledge sharing among academic staff holding an administrative position in university |
| title_fullStr | The effect of organizational culture on knowledge sharing among academic staff holding an administrative position in university |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effect of organizational culture on knowledge sharing among academic staff holding an administrative position in university |
| title_short | The effect of organizational culture on knowledge sharing among academic staff holding an administrative position in university |
| title_sort | effect of organizational culture on knowledge sharing among academic staff holding an administrative position in university |
| topic | H Social Sciences (General) L Education (General) |
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