The effect of organizational culture on knowledge sharing among administrative staff in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Knowledge sharing is the primary source of gaining competitive advantage and achieving long term success. Knowledge sharing is affected by many factors and the foremost of them is the culture of an organization. Organizational culture helps develop knowledge sharing practices among the members of th...

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Main Author:	Mahmoud, Mohammad
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2014
Subjects:	HD28 Management Industrial Management
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/53763/25/MohammadMahmoudMFM2014.pdf
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spelling	my-utm-ep.537632020-09-02T03:24:53Z The effect of organizational culture on knowledge sharing among administrative staff in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 2014-07 Mahmoud, Mohammad HD28 Management. Industrial Management Knowledge sharing is the primary source of gaining competitive advantage and achieving long term success. Knowledge sharing is affected by many factors and the foremost of them is the culture of an organization. Organizational culture helps develop knowledge sharing practices among the members of the organization and achieve organizational objectives. The aim of the present study is firstly, to find out how the culture affects knowledge sharing in UTM and which of the cultural factors are more prevalent in developing knowledge sharing practices; secondly, to determine the level of knowledge sharing among the academic staff holding administrative positions in various faculties and departments of the university. Using quantitative approach, data was collected through survey questionnaire from a sample of 132 respondents. The analysis was carried out using descriptive and inferential statistics. Three of the dimensions of OC, workgroup support, information technology, and social interaction are found to be most significant in UTM, while reward system is found to be insignificant. Knowledge sharing is found to be high among academic staff holding administrative posts. The study concludes that organizational culture factors, workgroup support, information technology and social interaction are the most important factors that are helping in enhancing knowledge sharing in UTM. Finally, some recommendations related to the future studies are also included like investigating all levels and incorporating both administrative and academic staff, comparison with other public sector universities and between public and private sector universities. 2014-07 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/53763/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/53763/25/MohammadMahmoudMFM2014.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:85241 masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Management Faculty of Management
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spellingShingle	HD28 Management Industrial Management Mahmoud, Mohammad The effect of organizational culture on knowledge sharing among administrative staff in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
description	Knowledge sharing is the primary source of gaining competitive advantage and achieving long term success. Knowledge sharing is affected by many factors and the foremost of them is the culture of an organization. Organizational culture helps develop knowledge sharing practices among the members of the organization and achieve organizational objectives. The aim of the present study is firstly, to find out how the culture affects knowledge sharing in UTM and which of the cultural factors are more prevalent in developing knowledge sharing practices; secondly, to determine the level of knowledge sharing among the academic staff holding administrative positions in various faculties and departments of the university. Using quantitative approach, data was collected through survey questionnaire from a sample of 132 respondents. The analysis was carried out using descriptive and inferential statistics. Three of the dimensions of OC, workgroup support, information technology, and social interaction are found to be most significant in UTM, while reward system is found to be insignificant. Knowledge sharing is found to be high among academic staff holding administrative posts. The study concludes that organizational culture factors, workgroup support, information technology and social interaction are the most important factors that are helping in enhancing knowledge sharing in UTM. Finally, some recommendations related to the future studies are also included like investigating all levels and incorporating both administrative and academic staff, comparison with other public sector universities and between public and private sector universities.
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author	Mahmoud, Mohammad
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title	The effect of organizational culture on knowledge sharing among administrative staff in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
title_short	The effect of organizational culture on knowledge sharing among administrative staff in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
title_full	The effect of organizational culture on knowledge sharing among administrative staff in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Management
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The effect of organizational culture on knowledge sharing among administrative staff in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

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