The relationship between organization context and using of electronic collaborative media and it's effect on the knowledge sharing

Dissertant

al-Maayitah, Muhammad A.

Thesis advisor

Yasin, Sad Ghalib

Comitee Members

al-Shalabi, Riyad
al-Shaykh, Asim A. R.
al-Tai, Muhammad Tariq Sulayman

University

Arab Academy for Financial and Banking Sciences

Faculty

The Faculty of Information Systems and Technology

Department

Computer information systems

University Country

Jordan

Degree

Ph.D.

Degree Date

2008

English Abstract

The advances in computers and communication technologies have enabled many companies to leverage knowledge.

The emerging powerful systems such as internet, intranet, Lotus Notes, and conferencing systems allow people to collaborate and share their complementary knowledge, without overly constraining them to geographic location and time.

Therefore, Organizations especially those adapting to rapidly changing environments, face the challenge of being able to use these technologies, in order to gain knowledge sharing effectively within highly constrained timeframes.

Within the same direction, so these organizations should consider a set of factors among which comes the most important the organization context such as (culture, structure, and IT infrastructure), which may affect the range of utilizing the electronic collaborative media such as (E-mail, Video conferencing, and chatting rooms) in knowledge management, especially knowledge sharing processes.

Thence, this study came to explore the relation between organizational context and electronic collaborative media usage, and its impact to achieve an active knowledge sharing.

This study investigated a sample formed of (180) individuals operating in a number of hospitals within the Jordanian health sector; using the electronic collaborative system, to perform its different duties.

In order to achieve this purpose the study proposed a set of hypotheses, of which the most important were; the relationship between organization context and using of electronic collaborative media is positively influences on the knowledge sharing.

The study concluded some important results such as that among the most important electronic collaborative media used in knowledge sharing in the hospitals subject to research are the E- mail and video conferencing, and existence of a significant relation between the organization context with all its three dimensions and using electronic collaborative media.

Finally, this relation between organizational context and using the electronic collaborative media influences the knowledge sharing process in the researched hospitals.

Main Subjects

Information Technology and Computer Science

Topics

• Management
• Knowledge management
• Information technology
• Databases
• Intellectual capital
• Organizational learning

No. of Pages

163

Table of Contents

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• MLA
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Language

English

Data Type

Arab Theses

Record ID

BIM-306007