The role of organisational climate in managing knowledge sharing among academics in higher education
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Highlights:
• The potential role of knowledge management and sharing in contributing to the success of organizations is significant.
• Despite acknowledging universities and academics as repositories for knowledge sharing and dissemination, managing and sharing knowledge in the academic world often faced number of challenges.
• This study aims to examine the role of organizational climate on knowledge sharing among academics in higher education institutions.
• By utilizing the Theory of Planned Behaviour, an explanatory quantitative approach targeting 257 academics participated in this study.
• Organizational climate, subjective norms, leadership and organizational trust were found to have strong influence on academics’ knowledge sharing practices.
摘要
•The potential role of knowledge management and sharing in contributing to the success of organizations is significant.•Despite acknowledging universities and academics as repositories for knowledge sharing and dissemination, managing and sharing knowledge in the academic world often faced number of challenges.•This study aims to examine the role of organizational climate on knowledge sharing among academics in higher education institutions.•By utilizing the Theory of Planned Behaviour, an explanatory quantitative approach targeting 257 academics participated in this study.•Organizational climate, subjective norms, leadership and organizational trust were found to have strong influence on academics’ knowledge sharing practices.
论文关键词:Organisational climate,Knowledge sharing,Higher education,Theory of planned behavior
论文评审过程:Received 27 November 2018, Revised 20 May 2019, Accepted 20 May 2019, Available online 14 June 2019, Version of Record 14 June 2019.
论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2019.05.018