The Importance of Social Networking and Interpersonal Trust for Tacit Knowledge Sharing

Sharing of tacit knowledge is not without its own challenges. It is proposed here that in order to encourage tacit knowledge sharing, interpersonal trust and social networking must be present. These proposition were tested among ICT employees in Amman, Jordan. The data collected were analyzed...

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Main Authors: Pangil, Faizuniah, AlSondos, Ibrahim Abu, Othman, Siti Zubaidah
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Published: 2018
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description Sharing of tacit knowledge is not without its own challenges. It is proposed here that in order to encourage tacit knowledge sharing, interpersonal trust and social networking must be present. These proposition were tested among ICT employees in Amman, Jordan. The data collected were analyzed using Pearson correlations and multiple regression, and the findings indicated that both interpersonal trust and social networking are important for tacit knowledge sharing to occur. These findings suggested that tacit knowledge sharing could only happen when there are trust between those who are involved, and that it happens they have are good at social networking.
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spelling uum-252352018-11-28T00:22:16Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/25235/ The Importance of Social Networking and Interpersonal Trust for Tacit Knowledge Sharing Pangil, Faizuniah AlSondos, Ibrahim Abu Othman, Siti Zubaidah QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science Sharing of tacit knowledge is not without its own challenges. It is proposed here that in order to encourage tacit knowledge sharing, interpersonal trust and social networking must be present. These proposition were tested among ICT employees in Amman, Jordan. The data collected were analyzed using Pearson correlations and multiple regression, and the findings indicated that both interpersonal trust and social networking are important for tacit knowledge sharing to occur. These findings suggested that tacit knowledge sharing could only happen when there are trust between those who are involved, and that it happens they have are good at social networking. 2018-07-25 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Pangil, Faizuniah and AlSondos, Ibrahim Abu and Othman, Siti Zubaidah (2018) The Importance of Social Networking and Interpersonal Trust for Tacit Knowledge Sharing. In: Knowledge Management International Conference (KMICe) 2018, 25 –27 July 2018,, Miri Sarawak, Malaysia. http://www.kmice.cms.net.my/ProcKMICe/KMICe2018/toc.html
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