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Review of knowledge sharing: conceptual foundations for microlevel sharing and readiness for change related behaviours

  • Khalid Samara
    ,
  • Dilip Patel
    ,
  • Shushma Patel
Research Output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Chapter Peer-review

Abstract

In the organisational change and knowledge sharing literature, recognition of high failures of change efforts is said to be associated to the organisations lack of understanding of how to manage readiness for change. In this paper, the case for change readiness is invoked by a need for further explanation of micro level foundations. A survey of 105 scholarly academic journals in the area of knowledge sharing research from 1994 to 2009 with keywords salient to knowledge sharing studies was conducted to explore current thinking about organisational change issues. The findings reveal that there is yet no well-established method or clear conceptual definition to exploring the phenomena of change for knowledge sharing on both individual and organisational levels. Based on the literature survey a model is proposed to integrate the relevant themes that influence knowledge readiness. A discussion is presented, demonstrating future directions towards knowledge sharing for micro-level knowledge sharing and readiness for change related behaviours.

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Output type

Research Output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Chapter Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 11-26

Publication milestones

  • Published - 31/12/2011

Publication status

Published - 31/12/2011

Place of publication

Berlin, Heidelberg

Edition

ICT Innovations 2010

Volume

83

Publisher

Springer, Japan, India, Australia, Germany, United States, United Arab Emirates, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, China, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Brazil, France, Singapore

Publication series

  • Publication series name: Communications in Computer and Information Science Book Series

ISBN (Print)

9783642193248

ISBN (Electronic)

9783642193255

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/625449
  • Scopus: 79952318028

Host publication title

Communications in Computer and Information Science Book Series

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