Providing a model for knowledge sharing in the organization

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Ali Omidpanah ¹
• Shahnaz Nayebzadeh ²
• Hassan Dehghandehnavi ²
• Hossein Eslami ³

¹ PhD Student in Public Administration, Islamic Azad University, Yazd Branch, Yazd, Iran.

² Associate Professor, Department of Management, Islamic Azad University, Yazd Branch, Yazd, Iran.

³ Assistant Professor, , Department of Management, Islamic Azad University, Yazd Branch, Yazd, Iran.

10.30495/jedu.2021.22892.4636

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze the content of related articles in the field of knowledge sharing. This research was conducted in the form of qualitative content analysis by using Grounded Theory qualitative Technique. The statistical population was consisted of various internal and external scientific articles on knowledge sharing from 1388hijri and 2009AD. For this purpose, 61 articles that directly examined the topic of knowledge sharing , entered the process of analysis after analyzing the Casp.Coding the articles was performed based on qualitative content analysis of articles and using the MAXQDA software. Finally, with the studies performed, there were 355 codes in these articles related to knowledge sharing, which led to the identification of 13 main variables and 39 components, each had its own indicators. The results showed that the most important factors mentioned in Knowledge Sharing Articles are organizational circumstances related to the organizational context as well as external and internal motivations for knowledge sharing. Finally, based Grounded Theory Technique, the identified variables were catecorised in six general classification and final model which provide the connection between components in order to share knowledge in the organization.

Keywords

• knowledge sharing
• organizational knowledge
• Grounded Theory Qualitative Analysis

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