scholarly journals From Intention to Sharing: A Qualitative Study of Barriers to Knowledge Sharing Practices

10.5772/33535 ◽  
2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mei-Lien Young ◽  
Feng-Yang Kuo
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Knowledge Sharing

Operationalizing Knowledge Sharing for Informers

2010 ◽  
pp. 319-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dianne P. Ford ◽  
D. Sandy Staples
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Classification System ◽  
Research Topic ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Apparent Lack

Knowledge sharing is a popular research topic; however, the construct has not been well defined theoretically or in terms of how to operationalize it, as there appears to be little consistency. This apparent lack of consistency is problematic for developing a cumulative understanding of the predictors and outcomes of this behavior. This study examines how other researchers have operationalized knowledge sharing, and conduct a qualitative study to further understand this construct. A knowledge sharing and hoarding classification system is developed, and six knowledge sharing behavioral categories are identified. Finally, recommendations are made for future research in knowledge management.

scholarly journals Knowledge donation and knowledge collection patterns in a free software community

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-36
Author(s):  
Andrea Raymundo Balle ◽  
Carla Curado ◽  
Mírian Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Fuzzy Set ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Free Software ◽  
Using Data

This study aims to understand which combinations of tools and activities performed by members of a free software community lead to knowledge sharing. This paper reports a qualitative study developed using data from a worldwide Free Software Community (FSC). We’ve applied Fuzzy Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) technique, which offers alternatives configurations leading to both the outcomes and their absence. Results show that there is no solution leading to the absence of knowledge collection; there are several and alternative combinations leading to knowledge collection, knowledge donation, and both knowledge sharing processes. There are also some combinations leading to the absence of knowledge donation or the absence of both processes.

Encouraging teamwork and innovative practices by creating proximity: A qualitative study of continuous improvements in the Quebec Cancer Network.

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e13509-e13509
Author(s):  
Dominique Tremblay ◽  
Nassera Touati ◽  
Susan Usher ◽  
Johanne Cournoyer
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Communities Of Practice ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Care Coordination ◽  
Cancer Care ◽  
Local Level ◽  
National Level ◽  
Cancer Network ◽  
Proximity Dimensions

e13509 Background: Quality cancer care relies on each profession keeping up with advances and best practices and spreading these across a complex multi-team system1. It requires enabling multiple providers and people living with cancer to bridge the distance between them and complement each other's contributions. The proximity framework2 provides a valuable way to understand conditions that increase the likelihood of knowledge sharing, innovation and collaboration. Methods: A qualitative study design of the Quebec Cancer Network was undertaken, with data collected from interviews with policymakers, managers, providers and users (N=22), observation of national and local level meetings (N=28) and document review. Interpretive Description using content analysis sought to identify actions that created proximity dimensions and the perceived influence these had on the development and spread of new approaches. Results: Deliberate actions taken within the network created different dimensions of proximity that impacted teamwork. Prescriptions from network leadership – including consistent promotion of the National cancer plan, patient participation in governance structures, shared quality indicators, and establishment of multidisciplinary committees at local level, created cognitive proximity: a shared mental model emphasizing patient-centred care and organizational proximity: shared standards across the network. Support for professional communities of practice created relational and institutional proximity, increasing trust and knowledge sharing. Local committees enhanced relational and cognitive proximity as providers came to appreciate and optimize each other's contribution to care. Conclusions: The combination of proximity dimensions created through communities of practice and prescriptions from the national level help develop and spread improvements that are tailored to - and take advantage of - networked team-based cancer care delivery. This reflects a balanced proximity where communities of practice pursue new knowledge and innovative practices that can be introduced in local committees to see how it fits with other contributions to solving a problem, thereby promoting recognition of interdependency within and between teams. Synergy between actions is essential to enhancing proximity. The proximity framework offers a complementary perspective to better understand opportunities for improving models of care. References: 1Weaver, S. J., et al. (2018). Unpacking care coordination through a multiteam system lens. Medical care, 56(3), 247-259. et al. Unpacking Care Coordination Through a Multiteam System Lens. Medical Care. 2018;56(3):247-59. 2Knoben, J., & Oerlemans, L. A. (2006). Proximity and inter‐organizational collaboration: A literature review. I nternational Journal of management reviews, 8(2), 71-89.

scholarly journals Crossing Knowledge Boundaries: From Team Learning to Knowledge Teams

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (6) ◽  
pp. 700-737 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roland K. Yeo
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Team Learning ◽  
Knowledge Spillovers ◽  
Knowledge Gaps ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Knowledge Resources ◽  
Situational Contexts ◽  
The Way

This article explores how team learning is enhanced through facilitated knowledge sharing, leading to knowledge teams that are capable of identifying knowledge gaps and crossing knowledge boundaries. Based on a qualitative study, vignettes are used to illustrate the dynamics of team learning in different situational contexts, facilitating the way knowledge plays out at the intersection of knowledge boundaries. The study examines how team members integrate or downplay knowledge resources based on the trajectory of participation and learning. Such trajectory helps determine the extent to which knowledge spillovers create wider networks of learning, leading to different forms of organizational learning.

Exploring motivation to engage in intraorganizational knowledge sharing: a mixed-methods approach

Kybernetes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lukas Zenk ◽  
Nicole Hynek ◽  
Noella Edelmann ◽  
Shefali Virkar ◽  
Peter Parycek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Organizational Support ◽  
Implicit Association Test ◽  
Study Phase ◽  
Implicit Association ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Sequential Mixed Methods

PurposeIntraorganizational knowledge and information sharing are important steps toward more-accessible organizational knowledge. The aim of this study is to qualitatively explore factors that contribute to employees' motivations for sustaining intraorganizational knowledge-sharing behaviors and to examine the impact of these factors in a quantitative study with the Austrian Federal Ministry of Defense. This ministry faces a retirement wave in the next 5–10 years. Intraorganizational knowledge sharing before, during, and following this wave will play a decisive role for the organization in the near future.Design/methodology/approachAn exploratory sequential mixed-methods study was conducted. The study design involved a qualitative study phase with expert interviews and stakeholder workshops (n = 9) and a quantitative study phase based on a cross-sectional online survey with an implicit association test on intraorganizational knowledge sharing (n = 59).FindingsIn the qualitative study phase, three main research topics regarding intraorganizational knowledge sharing were identified: employee attitude, organizational support, and specific relational aspects of knowledge transfer, such as reciprocal relationships among employees and opportunities for knowledge exchange. A hierarchical multiple regression analysis revealed that perceived organizational support was the only factor that was a significant predictor of motivation for engaging in knowledge sharing. We also analyzed the data for moderation effects and demonstrated that sociopsychological factors (e.g., the engagement or openness of colleagues to share their knowledge) further strengthened the positive relationship between employees' perceived support and personal willingness to share knowledge.Practical implicationsWe conclude that an organizational culture that supports knowledge sharing within the organization is highly relevant for motivating employees to share their knowledge. Practitioners will also benefit from the insights of the various dimensions of employees' willingness to engage in knowledge-sharing behaviors to better design further interventions in organizations.Originality/valueIn accordance with an exploratory sequential mixed-methods approach, we followed a transdisciplinary process in which scientific and practical experiences and knowledge were integrated. For this purpose, interviews and workshops with experts and stakeholders in the organization were conducted. The qualitative findings were incorporated into a quantitative survey and an implicit association test for the employees of the organization. This approach demonstrates a different and more holistic approach to analyzing a real-world problem in the context of a governmental agency in order to investigate the multidimensional and complex topic of intraorganizational knowledge sharing.

scholarly journals Older Men as Deep-Rooted Trees of Wisdom

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 41-55
Author(s):  
Tiina Tambaum ◽  
Helina Kuusk
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Educational System ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Older Men ◽  
Rooted Trees ◽  
Professional Skills ◽  
Rural Municipality ◽  
Active Involvement ◽  
Informal Knowledge

This qualitative study was carried out among older men in the rural municipality of Tartu, Estonia. The data was gathered with the intention of exploring the obstacles encountered and motivational aspects employed when trying to convince older men to share their knowledge. The study revealed the existence of untapped potential in the involvement of older men in the exchange of knowledge. It also highlights didactic solutions for challenges encountered in the processes of older men's learning and knowledge-sharing. The study revealed older men's preferences for practical learning and knowledge-sharing. Men are willing to share their professional skills: that which they have acquired either at work in the household. Older men also demonstrated a lack of flexibility when the correctness of their views was challenged, which may present an obstacle to informal knowledge sharing between generations. The Estonian educational system for the elderly is based on the participants' own initiative and active involvement, but unfortunately this is just what men in the municipality of Tartu lacked.

scholarly journals Griping and Joking as Identification Rituals and Tools for Engagement in Cross-Boundary Team Meetings

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 753-774 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Pouthier
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Team Communication ◽  
Building Relationships ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Team Meetings ◽  
Communicative Activities

This article explores the role of griping and joking behaviors in cross-boundary teams. Those socio-emotional behaviors often go unnoticed in studies of team communication, as does more broadly the work of building relationships. Given the growing recognition that the quality of connections among team members significantly influences the quality of coordinating and knowledge-sharing practices in cross-boundary teams, this seems an important lacuna to address. Drawing on a qualitative study of a cross-occupational team responsible for palliative care and oncology patients, I illustrate how those mundane, recurrent communicative activities, which may appear tangential to the task at hand, have important relational and emotional consequences for the functioning of cross-boundary teams. Based on the observed characteristics and effects of a variety of griping and joking behaviors, I propose to conceptualize those communicative activities as identification rituals. I discuss the implications of this work for both research on the production of positive relational realities in cross-boundary teams and the study of organizational griping and humor.

scholarly journals How and What They Share? A Qualitative Study about Knowledge Sharing Practices of University Teachers

2019 ◽  
Vol IV (I) ◽  
pp. 260-270
Author(s):  
Samina Kausar ◽  
Muhammad Naeem Mohsin ◽  
Abdul Qadir Mushtaq
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Organizational Support ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Types Of Knowledge ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Powerful Knowledge

The current study is concerned with the knowledge sharing practices of university teachers in Pakistan. The prime purpose of this study was exploring the different types of knowledge, different channels used by teachers, and identification of different factors in knowledge sharing process. The semi structured interviews with 15 heads of different department were conducted. The researcher personally approached to respondents and collected the data. The main findings indicated that majority of respondents shared that although they considered technology as a powerful knowledge spreading. The study recommends that there is the dire need to provide the organizational support to these practices by developing a broad mechanism of knowledge sharing.

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