Knowledge sharing

Not to be confused with Information sharing or Collective intelligence.

Knowledge sharing is an activity through which knowledge (namely, information, skills, or expertise) is exchanged among people, friends, peers, families, communities (for example, Wikipedia), or within or between organizations.[1][2] It bridges the individual and organizational knowledge, improving the absorptive and innovation capacity and thus leading to sustained competitive advantage of companies as well as individuals.[3] Knowledge sharing is part of the knowledge management process.[4]

Apart from traditional face-to-face knowledge sharing, social media is a good tool because it is convenient, efficient, and widely used.[5] Organizations have recognized that knowledge constitutes a valuable intangible asset for creating and sustaining competitive advantages.[6] However, technology constitutes only one of the many factors that affect the sharing of knowledge in organizations, such as organizational culture, trust, and incentives.[7] The sharing of knowledge constitutes a major challenge in the field of knowledge management because some employees tend to resist sharing their knowledge with the rest of the organization.[8]

In the digital world, websites and mobile applications enable knowledge or talent sharing between individuals and/or within teams. The individuals can easily reach the people who want to learn and share their talent to get rewarded.

  1. ^ Bukowitz, Wendi R.; Williams, Ruth L. (1999). The Knowledge Management Fieldbook. FT Press. ISBN 978-0273638827.
  2. ^ Serban, Andreea M.; Luan, Jing (2002). "An Overview of Knowledge Management" (PDF). University of Kentucky. Retrieved 17 April 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Ipe, M. (2003), "Knowledge sharing on organizations: a conceptual framework", Human Resource Development Review, Vol. 2 No. 4, p.341
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  5. ^ Yao et al. (2021) Construction Safety Knowledge Sharing on Twitter: A Social Network Analysis, Safety Science, 143, 105411, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353546913_Safety_knowledge_sharing_on_Twitter_A_social_network_analysis
  6. ^ Miller, D.; Shamsie, J. (1996). "The resource-based view of the firm in two environments: The Hollywood film studios from 1936 to 1965". Academy of Management Journal. 39 (5): 519–543. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.598.9250. JSTOR 256654.
  7. ^ Cabrera, A.; Cabrera, E. F. (2002). "Knowledge-sharing Dilemmas". Organization Studies. 23 (5): 687–710. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.192.4368. doi:10.1177/0170840602235001. S2CID 14998234.
  8. ^ Ciborra, C.U.; Patriota, G. (1998). "Groupware and teamwork in R&D: limits to learning and innovation". R&D Management. 28 (1): 1–10.