Managing Knowledge Transfer and Sharing within Intra-Organizational Structure
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https://doi.org/10.22364/hssl.30.06Keywords:
Intra-organizational, knowledge, transfer, sharing, exchangeAbstract
The literature review postulates the significance of knowledge transfer and sharing in the intra-organizational framework. The study operationalized Knowledge transfer, sharing and conjoint usage of knowledge exchange. Participation, contribution and attitude of managerial and non-managerial employees has shown discrepancies. Human traits, ownership of knowledge, insecurity of losing possession and position, distribution of knowledge, knowledge equality and biasness are most common hurdles of knowledge transfer. The paper theoretically examines previous researches and systematically carry out comprehensive literature analysis. The assessment of scientific theories are taken into consideration for developing the construct of paper. The selection of recognized academic references from various databases and journals have been evaluated methodologically. The analysis of scientific discussions and contribution from renowned authors have been used to finalize the concepts of literature review. The Integration of intra-organizational knowledge transfer, sharing and exchange balances the paper.
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