Many researchers argue that information systems (IS) can play an important role in supporting organizational knowledge application. However, recent IS research indicates that knowledge management systems (KMS) often fail when implemented in the knowledge work practice of contemporary organizations. While KMS maintenance has been recognized as an important IS research area, imbalance between the...

The knowledge-based theory of the firm suggests that knowlege is the organizational asset that enables sustainable competitive advantage in hypercompetitive environments. The emphasis on knowledge in today’s organizations is based on the assumption that barriers to the transfer and replication of knowledge endow it with strategic importance. Many organizations are developing information systems...

In recent years, information and communication technologies have been implemented in organizations to support the management of organizational knowledge and facilitate more effective knowledge sharing and problem solving. These technologies are collectively termed knowledge management systems (KMS). Unfortunately, the results of implementing KMS in organizations have not been as encouraging as ...

We address how individuals’ (workers) knowledge needs influence the design of knowledge management systems (KMS), enabling knowledge creation and utilization. It is evident that KMS technologies and activities are indiscriminately deployed in most organizations with little regard to the actual context of their adoption. Moreover, it is apparent that the extant literature pertaining to knowledge...

This study explores continual usage of the knowledge management systems (KMS) by employees in organizations. Based on IS continuance research that emphasizes usefulness and satisfaction, we propose that to understand KMS usage, scholars need to examine not only technical but also social and organizational aspects of KMS in determining the user’s attitude. Through an intensive case study in an i...

The two most well known and well defined grading systems for dysplasia in colorectal adenomas were compared with regard to reproducibility. The Konishi-Morson system (KMS) operates with several histological and cytological variables and grades of mild, moderate, and severe dysplasia. The Kozuka system is based on the extent of nuclear pseudostratification and also has three grades of dysplasia ...

Data mining has been integrated into application systems to enhance the quality of the decision-making process. This study aims to focus on the integration of data mining technology and Knowledge Management System (KMS), due to the ability of data mining technology to create useful knowledge from large volumes of data. Meanwhile, KMS vitally support the creation and use of knowledge. The integr...

Little is known about how people, contexts, and tools impact decisions to use a Knowledge Management System (KMS). The purpose of this study was to better understand information retrieval when solving difficult problems. Key research questions focused on social structure, interpersonal relationships, and nature of the KMS. In this sequential exploratory study, semi-structured interviews were co...

This is a longitudinal case study that explored the relationship between use of organizational memory, knowledge, knowledge management, and knowledge worker productivity within the engineering group at a nuclear power plant. Three data points were taken over five years. The group used a Knowledge Management System (KMS) and it was found that the system improved effectiveness/productivity of the...

It is shown that for any KMS-state of a classical system of noncoincident particles, the distribution functions are absolutely continuous with respect to Lebesgue measure; the equivalence between KMS states and Canonical Gibbs States is then established.