Using Electronic Collaborative Media in Knowledge Sharing Phases: Case Study in Jordan Hospitals

-Integrated groupware can assemble people of various skills around the globe to share their knowledge while working on a project. Internet, intranet, and other groupware technologies, such as Lotus-Notes, video conferencing and e-mail can be used to distribute and share individual experience and innovation throughout the organization. Therefore, Organizations especially those adapting to rapidly changing environments, face the challenge of being able to use these technologies, in order to gain knowledge sharing effectively within highly constrained timeframes. This study came to explore the effect of using electronic collaborative media on knowledge sharing phases. This study investigated a sample formed of (180) individuals operating in a number of hospitals within the Jordanian health sector; using the electronic collaborative system, to perform its different duties. In order to achieve this purpose the study proposed the following hypotheses: using of electronic collaborative media is positively influences on the knowledge sharing phases. The study concluded some important results such as that among the most important electronic collaborative media used in knowledge sharing in the hospitals subject to research are the Email and video conferencing, and existence of a significant effect between using the electronic collaborative media and the knowledge sharing process in the researched hospitals.