Shaban Elahi; Azam Sorani; Ali Rajabzadeh
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Knowledge management (KM) makes noticeable changes in different levels of new organizations. Human components related to knowledge sharing and workers motivation are two important components in successful implementation of knowledge management systems. The aim of this study is to determine the situation ...
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Knowledge management (KM) makes noticeable changes in different levels of new organizations. Human components related to knowledge sharing and workers motivation are two important components in successful implementation of knowledge management systems. The aim of this study is to determine the situation of knowledge sharing and workers motivation, before and after of implementing knowledge management system and to present a framework for companies active in chilling industry. In this study, we extracted and examined 9 components consist of social interactions, culture, subjective norms, social media, efficient knowledge, helping enjoyment, trust, feedback, and perceiving the usefulness of social media. Also, a framework was presented for knowledge sharing and workers motivation and according to this framework the situation of these two components was indicated before and after implementation of knowledge management system in 2 companies active in chilling industry. As a result, this framework can indicate the situation of knowledge sharing and employees’ motivation before and after implementation of knowledge management in an organization and can help private organizations to improve their current situation. The results showed that employee motivation and knowledge sharing after implementation of KM in comparison with the previous one has a significant difference and improved. With the help of this framework, the chilling industry can examine the impacts of KM implementation on employees’ motivation and knowledge sharing.
Mohammad Hadi KhorashadiZadeh; Hasan Mehrmanesh; Jalal HaghighatMonfared
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The importance of knowledge and knowledge-based activities in the present era is quite clear for any organization. All organizations have a large amount of information, but efficient use of information depends on the availability of efficient and specialized human resources capable of working ...
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The importance of knowledge and knowledge-based activities in the present era is quite clear for any organization. All organizations have a large amount of information, but efficient use of information depends on the availability of efficient and specialized human resources capable of working with the organization's information in order to achieve the organization’s goal. Focusing on the importance of knowledge in realm of current organizational activities, the current research aims to identify the factors affecting the knowledge sharing in project teams. The present study is a qualitative research that uses exploratory and survey research method. The statistical population of the study consisted of all experts working in Hamkaran System Group companies. Sample size was determined to be 17 using simple snowball non-randomized sampling method. For data analysis, Grounded Theory approach and 3 stages of open, axial and selective coding were used. Based on the analyzed data, 23 codes were selected as axial categories. Involvement in the knowledge sharing program was considered as a key code or category in the considered model. The paradigmatic model was used to analyze the 23 factors identified in order to explain the knowledge sharing model.
Hamed Dehghanan; Puya Poormoghadasian
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One of the positive achievements of information technology in organizations is virtual teams. By taking advantage of IT,virtual teams have greatly facilitated organizational operations. One of the important issues that virtual teams are faced with is trust. The purpose of this study is to investigate ...
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One of the positive achievements of information technology in organizations is virtual teams. By taking advantage of IT,virtual teams have greatly facilitated organizational operations. One of the important issues that virtual teams are faced with is trust. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between trust and effectiveness of virtual teams with emphasis on the role of knowledge sharing. The population of this research is virtual teams working in Tebyan Cultural Institute of Islamic Propaganda Organization. The number of 40 virtual teams comprising 200 employees were selected randomly and data was collected by a questionnaire. Analysis of data through path analysis was performed using Amos software. Path analysis reveals that when knowledge sharing was in appropriate condition, the effect of trust component on the effectiveness of virtual teams would be increased.
