Abstract
Knowledge management has been identified as a practice for rapidly and effectively adapting in ever-changing environment. Within KM, knowledge sharing is considered a critical process for innovation generation and organizational efficiency. Indeed, the knowledge transfer process is often obstructed by the presence of barriers. Several factors has been identified by researchers; however literature lacks of a comprehensive review and categorization of these barriers. The paper analyzes the results of the researches on intra-firm/institution knowledge transfer in different disciplinary areas. The barriers/facilitators are categorized under five main dimensions: nature of knowledge, psychological, social, organizational and technological factors. The context-specific and complex nature of knowledge sharing fosters the proposition of a new theoretical model for knowledge sharing studies.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 10th European Conference on Knowledge Management |
| Editors | Enrico Scarso, Ettore Bolisoni |
| Place of Publication | Reading |
| Publisher | Academic Publishing Limited |
| Pages | 265-274 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1906638399 |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 2009 |