The relationship of personality and knowledge sharing

Knowledge sharing is a fundamental process of knowledge management. Knowledge sharing may be seen as a set of behaviour by which individuals in an organization voluntarily provide access to their knowledge and experiences. Knowledge sharing of individuals could be influenced by their personality cha...

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التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
المؤلف الرئيسي: Hummad, Saleha
التنسيق: أطروحة
اللغة:English
منشور في: 2015
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الوصول للمادة أونلاين:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/54008/1/SalehaHummadMFM2015.pdf
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spelling my-utm-ep.540082020-10-14T08:51:59Z The relationship of personality and knowledge sharing 2015-04 Hummad, Saleha HD28 Management. Industrial Management Knowledge sharing is a fundamental process of knowledge management. Knowledge sharing may be seen as a set of behaviour by which individuals in an organization voluntarily provide access to their knowledge and experiences. Knowledge sharing of individuals could be influenced by their personality characteristics. Therefore, the aim of this research is to study and enhance the understanding of the relationship of personality traits (namely agreeableness, conscientiousness, extraversion and openness to experience) and knowledge sharing. Questionnaire was used to collect data from the management staff of Engro Fertilizers Limited, Pakistan. The data collected were empirically tested using Pearson’s Correlation via SPSS software. The results of the study show that the personality traits are important individual characteristics that influence knowledge sharing. In this study, agreeableness and openness to experience have been found to have a positive significant relationship with knowledge sharing. 2015-04 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/54008/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/54008/1/SalehaHummadMFM2015.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Management Faculty of Management
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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topic HD28 Management
Industrial Management
spellingShingle HD28 Management
Industrial Management
Hummad, Saleha
The relationship of personality and knowledge sharing
description Knowledge sharing is a fundamental process of knowledge management. Knowledge sharing may be seen as a set of behaviour by which individuals in an organization voluntarily provide access to their knowledge and experiences. Knowledge sharing of individuals could be influenced by their personality characteristics. Therefore, the aim of this research is to study and enhance the understanding of the relationship of personality traits (namely agreeableness, conscientiousness, extraversion and openness to experience) and knowledge sharing. Questionnaire was used to collect data from the management staff of Engro Fertilizers Limited, Pakistan. The data collected were empirically tested using Pearson’s Correlation via SPSS software. The results of the study show that the personality traits are important individual characteristics that influence knowledge sharing. In this study, agreeableness and openness to experience have been found to have a positive significant relationship with knowledge sharing.
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author Hummad, Saleha
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title The relationship of personality and knowledge sharing
title_short The relationship of personality and knowledge sharing
title_full The relationship of personality and knowledge sharing
title_fullStr The relationship of personality and knowledge sharing
title_full_unstemmed The relationship of personality and knowledge sharing
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granting_institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Management
granting_department Faculty of Management
publishDate 2015
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/54008/1/SalehaHummadMFM2015.pdf
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