Abstract: With the advent of knowledge economy, knowledge has become the most important component in determining the status of businesses today. In this era of knowledge and information, knowledge has become the most crucial asset. Knowledge sharing plays a vital role to innovation. Current study is an attempt to look into the various theoretical concepts/theories that help to understand what motivates employees to share knowledge in the organisation. The impetus behind this examination is to explore the factors advancing knowledge sharing in the organisations. 55The study draws its base from literature associated with knowledge management and knowledge sharing. The literature review was extensively carried out and articles published in the field of knowledge management, knowledge sharing and other related areas were identified and reviewed. The findings include various characteristics of organization and employees that encourage sharing of knowledge between organisation and the practices which influence the behaviour emphasized for sharing knowledge are and provide useful information to increase understanding to motivate employees to share knowledge. The main limitation of the study is that the research has been carried out in view of the existing literature and empirical evidence could not be addressed. Also, an in-depth analysis of various knowledge sharing processes carried out in organisations can also be extended further.
Keywords: Knowledge, Knowledge management, Knowledge sharing, Motivation, Organization.
Title: Employee's motivation to share knowledge: A theoretical perspective on the existing literature
Author: Reenu Maheshwari
International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations
ISSN 2348-1218 (print), ISSN 2348-1226 (online)
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