Open AccessKNOWLEDGE SHARING IN AN ORGANIZATION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE INDIVIDUAL
Author(s) -
Dana Mesner Andolšek,
Stanislav Andolšek
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of cognitive research in science, engineering and education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.373
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2334-8496
pISSN - 2334-847X
DOI - 10.23947/2334-8496-2015-3-2-65-76
Subject(s) - knowledge management , perspective (graphical) , knowledge sharing , knowledge value chain , action (physics) , personal knowledge management , hoard , organizational learning , knowledge organization , computer science , business , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , history
Authors introduce a theoretical model of knowledge sharing in an organization through individual perspective. The social exchange theory offers a clarification of fundamental assumptions regarding individual action and is therefore appropriate for explaining why and when an individual is ready to share her/his knowledge in an organization. The article aims to reveal what shapes employees’ decisions to share knowledge in a work situation and what is needed in an organization to facilitate individuals to share and not to hoard their knowledge. These assumptions have never been included in the literature of knowledge management up until now.