Knowledge Sharing Culture in Higher Education: Critical Literature Review
Al Kurdi, O.F.A. Ghoneim, Ahmad Al Roubaie, A.
Al Kurdi, O.F.A.
Ghoneim, Ahmad
Al Roubaie, A.
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This paper reviews and analyses the literature on knowledge sharing in a university setting with the aim of identifying and understanding the determinants of knowledge sharing culture, research trends, theories, and future research opportunities for knowledge sharing in higher education institutions (HEIs). Findings suggest that there is disproportionately little knowledge sharing research in HEIs compared to the commercial sector. The review reveals that existing research on HEIs does not consider the determinants of knowledge sharing culture in a comprehensive manner. Research on knowledge sharing in commercial and HEIs in developing economies like Africa, the Middle East and South America is found to be limited. The review shows that future research should consider cultural and behavioural factors at different levels, that is, individual, national, professional teams, language issues and trust that might impact knowledge sharing practices among faculty members in HEIs in developing economies.
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Al Kurdi OFA, Ghoneim A and Al Roubaie A (2015) Knowledge Sharing Culture in Higher Education: Critical Literature Review. In: Al-Hawaj AY and Twizell EH (Eds) Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century II. London: CRC Press: 75-88.
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