Research shows that trust has a direct bearing on information systems usage patterns in a variety of contexts. Discussing the context of Knowledge Management Systems (KMS) training, this study suggests placing trust in a more background role as the facilitator. According to the view suggested, user involvement through learning is a key reason why employees after training decide voluntarily to c...

in the third millennium, we observe rapid changes in technologies and intense complexity in environment. in such an environment, developing competitive advantage necessitates new kind of organizations which are capable of knowledge creation. hence, it is expected that managers to have a deep perception of prerequisites of knowledge management and enhance the organizational performance through i...

This study aims to facilitate knowledge management for Smalland Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) by the proposed ISO 9000-based Knowledge Management System (KMS) introduction model. A Delphi study was employed to investigate critical success factors of both knowledge management and ISO 9000. The result helps SMEs easily build their KMSs.

This study investigates the factors influencing the adoption and diffusion of Knowledge Management Systems (KMSs) in Australia. The data was collected via a nationwide survey and was analyzed through partial least square (PLS) approach. The results indicate that external inspiring, organizational factors and task complexity are the significant factors that influence the perceived usefulness of ...

Knowledge sharing, which is critical for the strategic utilization of knowledge resources for the benefit of the organization, can only take place when both knowledge contribution and knowledge seeking exist. However, most previous research has focused on only one side of this process – knowledge contribution motivations. This is despite the fact that various barriers to knowledge seeking and r...

This research explores the relationship between organizational support for creativity and perceived usefulness of a knowledge management system (KMS) on project or task effectiveness. It has been shown that organizational support for creativity positively affects the innovativeness of a project (i.e., Amabile, 1996). Moreover, organizations are spending large amounts to build KMSs which allow t...

OF THESIS Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts Organizational Learning and Instructional Technology The University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico

The value of the knowledge incorporated in an enterprise is more and more recognized and enterprises are defining knowledge management strategies to capitalize this assets. But up to now there is little methodological support for building, maintaining and using knowledge management systems (KMS). To remedy this we propose an enterprise reference scheme, that can be used to elicitate the require...

With the coming of knowledge economy, the pattern of enterprise management is going through a great change. Nowadays, in an enterprise, knowledge management has become a key technology to increase intelligence of technique, competition, business and strategy. The key factors for the enterprise to survive the competitive environment lie in how to extract the needed knowledge from numerous of ext...