Knowledge Workers' Attitude Toward Inter-Organizational Knowledge Sharing System In The Education Sector

This study aimed to assess the predictors of knowledge workers’ attitudes toward an interorganisational knowledge sharing system (IOKSS) in horizontally-linked organisations in the education sector. Though IOKSS may encounter several organisational and individual challenges, their deployment in knowledge-intensive sectors can be valuable, if not crucial, to effective social and economic development, especially in developing countries. Knowledge workers’ attitudes toward IOKSS are critical as they are the driving force of such systems; IOKSS can only survive through workers’ commitment and use. However, previous research on inter-organisational systems (IOS) has focused on organisational adoption, particularly on vertically-linked organisations. Based on data collected from schoolteachers in organisations in the education sector, this study’s results indicate that several factors related to the individual, peers, the proposed IOKSS, and the organisation significantly contribute to knowledge workers’ attitudes toward IOKSS. Such results are valuable for researchers and practitioners in their adoption of IOKSS in the education sector.