Earth,fire and water: Knowledge sharing, knowledge recovery and knowledge management - Investigating Malaysian community behaviour

Sulaiman, NIS; Burke, ME

Abstract

This paper reports on an investigation of the critical
success factors (CSFs) of knowledge sharing behaviour
(KSB) among Malaysian undergraduate students
(MUS). The research question considered the question
regarding “what makes knowledge sharing behaviour
(KSB) successful among two Malaysian undergraduate
communities in Manchester, United Kingdom and
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia?”The overall aim of the
research is to identify the critical success factors (CSFs)
for effective online knowledge sharing behaviour (KSB)
among Malaysian undergraduate students (MUS).
Each part of the study can be seen as a metaphor for
three of the elements – Fire – for Knowledge Sharing as
the sharing takes place rapidly and is difficult to
control, Earth for Knowledge Recovery – seen as
regeneration and Water for Knowledge Management –
the liquid that allows all to flow in harmony and
therefore all information to flow in natural and useful
ways.

Citation

Sulaiman, N., & Burke, M. (2011, March). Earth,fire and water: Knowledge sharing, knowledge recovery and knowledge management - Investigating Malaysian community behaviour. Presented at DEIT 2011, Bali, Indonesia

• Presentation Conference Type: Other
• Conference Name: DEIT 2011
• Conference Location: Bali, Indonesia
• Start Date: Mar 1, 2011
• Publication Date: Mar 11, 2011
• Deposit Date: Jan 20, 2011
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 5, 2016
• Keywords: Knowledge Management Knowledge; Sharing; Malaysian Communities; Online Behaviour
• Additional Information: Additional Information : Sadly, due to 2010/2011 terror alerts, volcanos and flash floods, Bali was not considered a "safe" destination so the paper was published in the proceedings but we were unable to attend the conference.; Event Type : Conference