Cover Image

Factors affecting tacit knowledge transfer within an organization

This research paper aims to identify the relevant factors for tacit knowledge transfer within a public utility organization -Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB) and to determine the demographic classification of SEB staff and their perception towards tacit knowledge transfer within their workplace. The meth...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Liu, Su Hung
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2011
Subjects:
H Social Sciences (General)
Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12772/3/Factors%20affecting%20tacit%20knowledge%20transfer%20within%20an%20organization%20%28fulltext%29.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12772/
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my.unimas.ir.12772
record_format eprints
spelling my.unimas.ir.127722023-03-06T08:12:34Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12772/ Factors affecting tacit knowledge transfer within an organization Liu, Su Hung H Social Sciences (General) This research paper aims to identify the relevant factors for tacit knowledge transfer within a public utility organization -Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB) and to determine the demographic classification of SEB staff and their perception towards tacit knowledge transfer within their workplace. The methodology in this research analyses the literature concerning tacit knowledge transfer within organizations and using a quantitative approach based on exploratory factorial analysis. It seeks to collect facts in order to identify relevant factors for tacit knowledge transfer within the organization studie~ The research findings demonstrated that four most relevant factors affecting tacit knowledge transfer within an organization are knowledge management strategy, work culture and environment, individual traits and organizational structure and there is no significant different generally on the employees' perception on tacit knowledge transfer based on their demographical factors. One of the limitations on the research is that the research is done on SEB that causes the external validity cannot be tested. Another limitation is the subjective perception of the employees involved in relation to tacit knowledge transfer. The lack of information available while answering the questionnaire and the fact that the respondents work in a state..owned, rather than a public or private company may lead to the biased perception of the respondents. The value of the study is that the factors affecting tacit knowledge transfer identified are useful for further study in implementing the tacit knowledge management on its transferring program for SEB and other similar organizations. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2011 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12772/3/Factors%20affecting%20tacit%20knowledge%20transfer%20within%20an%20organization%20%28fulltext%29.pdf Liu, Su Hung (2011) Factors affecting tacit knowledge transfer within an organization. Masters thesis, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS).
institution Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
building Centre for Academic Information Services (CAIS)
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
content_source UNIMAS Institutional Repository
url_provider http://ir.unimas.my/
language English
topic H Social Sciences (General)
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
Liu, Su Hung
Factors affecting tacit knowledge transfer within an organization
description This research paper aims to identify the relevant factors for tacit knowledge transfer within a public utility organization -Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB) and to determine the demographic classification of SEB staff and their perception towards tacit knowledge transfer within their workplace. The methodology in this research analyses the literature concerning tacit knowledge transfer within organizations and using a quantitative approach based on exploratory factorial analysis. It seeks to collect facts in order to identify relevant factors for tacit knowledge transfer within the organization studie~ The research findings demonstrated that four most relevant factors affecting tacit knowledge transfer within an organization are knowledge management strategy, work culture and environment, individual traits and organizational structure and there is no significant different generally on the employees' perception on tacit knowledge transfer based on their demographical factors. One of the limitations on the research is that the research is done on SEB that causes the external validity cannot be tested. Another limitation is the subjective perception of the employees involved in relation to tacit knowledge transfer. The lack of information available while answering the questionnaire and the fact that the respondents work in a state..owned, rather than a public or private company may lead to the biased perception of the respondents. The value of the study is that the factors affecting tacit knowledge transfer identified are useful for further study in implementing the tacit knowledge management on its transferring program for SEB and other similar organizations.
format Thesis
author Liu, Su Hung
author_facet Liu, Su Hung
author_sort Liu, Su Hung
title Factors affecting tacit knowledge transfer within an organization
title_short Factors affecting tacit knowledge transfer within an organization
title_full Factors affecting tacit knowledge transfer within an organization
title_fullStr Factors affecting tacit knowledge transfer within an organization
title_full_unstemmed Factors affecting tacit knowledge transfer within an organization
title_sort factors affecting tacit knowledge transfer within an organization
publisher Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS)
publishDate 2011
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12772/3/Factors%20affecting%20tacit%20knowledge%20transfer%20within%20an%20organization%20%28fulltext%29.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12772/
_version_ 1759693290416898048
score 13.211869

Similar Items