Knowledge workers and knowledge management: Some descriptive evidences on the MSC status companies in Malaysia

This paper provides the results of questionnaire survey, which was intended to seek and examine the opinions of respondents about the management of knowledge workers in the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) status companies in Malaysia. Out of 40 MSC status companies and 500 questionnaires initially...

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Main Authors: Mat Nor, Norzanah, Mohamad, Puteri Norashikin, Hussin, Mohd Rasid
Format: Book Section
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Information Technology, Universiti Utara Malaysia 2006
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Online Access:https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/2388/1/knowledge_workers_and_knowledge_mgmt._some_descriptive_evidences_01.pdf
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Summary:This paper provides the results of questionnaire survey, which was intended to seek and examine the opinions of respondents about the management of knowledge workers in the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) status companies in Malaysia. Out of 40 MSC status companies and 500 questionnaires initially sent out during the fieldwork, some 19 companies' participated and 171 questionnaires were returned from individuals within these companies. The findings presented in this paper focus on two main issues. Firstly, the demographic characteristics of participating knowledge workers are outlined. Secondly, an overview of the current movenment towards knowledge management practice in the MSC status companies is also given.