A Study of Knowledge Transfer in the Context of Information Systems Integration in Thailand
Pages 149 - 153
Abstract
In improving organizations' efficiency, knowledge transfer could play an important role. As an initial work, this paper presents a survey research on the current situation of knowledge transfer in the context of information systems integration in Thailand by focusing on three dimensions: components, processes and factors. The tool used in the survey is an online questionnaire with IOC of greater than 0.5 and Cronbach's alpha of reliability of 0.86 for the entire scale. The result from 265 samples in 56 organizations reveals that the majority of the samples has a high level of education and relies primarily on knowledge and experiences in their work. This leads to knowledge being locked in individuals. It is also found that knowledge storage is neglected and that there is a lack of appropriate environments supporting knowledge transfer. These findings identify the requirements for a knowledge transfer framework in the context of information systems integration.
References
[1]
T. Peherstorfer and B. Schmiedinger, "Structured knowledge transfer in small and medium sized enterprises," in Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Practical Aspects of Knowledge Management, pp. 234--242, 2006.
[2]
N. K. Denzin, The research act: A theoretical introduction to sociological methods: McGraw-Hill, 1978.
[3]
E. Hustad, "Knowledge Networking in Global Organizations: The Transfer of Knowledge," SIGMIS'04, pp. 55--64, 2004.
[4]
A. Hoffmann, "Building a Framework for Actions and Roles in Organizational Knowledge Transfer," IFIP International Federation for Information Processing, Springer, vol. 270, p. 13, 2008.
[5]
Q. Xu and Q. Ma, "Determinants of ERP implementation knowledge transfer," Information & Management, vol. 45, pp. 528--539, 2008.
[6]
I. Nonaka and H. Takeuchi, "The Knowledge-Creating Company," Oxford, 1995.
[7]
T. C. Chini, Effective Knowledge Transfer in Multinational Corporations: Palgrave Macillan, 2004.
[8]
The Association of Thai ICT Industry. Available: http://www.atci.or.th/index.php Accessed 1 July 2013.
[9]
Department of Business Development. Available: http://www.dbd.go.th/main.php Accessed 3 July 2013.
[10]
K. Riusala and V. Suutari, "International knowledge transfer through expatriates: A qualitative analysis of international stickiness factors," vol. 46, pp. 743--770, 2004.
[11]
K. Salleh, S. C. Chong, S. N. Syed Ahmad, and S. O. S. Syed Ikhsan, "Learning and knowledge transfer performance among public sector accountants: an empirical survey," Knowledge Management Research & Practice, vol. 10, pp. 164--174, Jun 2012 2012.
[12]
T. C. Ambos and B. B. Schlegelmilch, "Managing knowledge in international consulting firms," Journal of Knowledge Management, vol. 13, pp. 491--508, 2009.
[13]
O. Cairó and S. Guardati, "The KAMET II methodology: Knowledge acquisition, knowledge modeling and knowledge generation," Elsevier, p. 7, 2012.
[14]
W. Pedrycz, B. Russod and G. Succid, "Knowledge transfer in system modeling and its realization through an optimal allocation of information granularity," Elsevier B.V., p. 11, 21 March 2012 2011.
Index Terms
- A Study of Knowledge Transfer in the Context of Information Systems Integration in Thailand
Recommendations
Tacit Knowledge Transfer within Enterprises during Industry Conversion
ICIII '08: Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Information Management, Innovation Management and Industrial Engineering - Volume 03Enterprises are confronted with the challenge of reengineering technological capability during industry conversion. Tacit knowledge accumulated in the former industry is vital for reengineering new technological capability. The research aims at the ...
Revisiting knowledge transfer: Effects of knowledge characteristics on organizational effort for knowledge transfer
This study analyzes the effects of knowledge characteristics on the extent of organizational effort for knowledge transfer. In this paper, three knowledge characteristics that affect organizational behavior for knowledge transfer are identified based on ...
Disseminative capacity, organizational structure and knowledge transfer
Knowledge transfer is an iterative process between knowledge senders and knowledge recipients. Absorptive capacity of knowledge senders has been examined in the field of organizational learning and innovation literature, and many accumulated findings ...
Comments
Information & Contributors
Information
Published In
December 2013
753 pages
ISBN:9781450321136
DOI:10.1145/2539150
- Conference Chairs:
- Edger Weippl,
- Maria Indrawan-Santiago,
- Matthias Steinbauer,
- Gabriele Kotsis,
- Ismail Khalil
Copyright © 2013 ACM.
Permission to make digital or hard copies of all or part of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation on the first page. Copyrights for components of this work owned by others than ACM must be honored. Abstracting with credit is permitted. To copy otherwise, or republish, to post on servers or to redistribute to lists, requires prior specific permission and/or a fee. Request permissions from [email protected]
In-Cooperation
- @WAS: International Organization of Information Integration and Web-based Applications and Services
Publisher
Association for Computing Machinery
New York, NY, United States
Publication History
Published: 02 December 2013
Check for updates
Author Tags
Qualifiers
- Research-article
- Research
- Refereed limited
Conference
IIWAS '13
IIWAS '13: The 15th International Conference on Information Integration and Web-based Applications & Services
December 2 - 4, 2013
Vienna, Austria
Contributors
Other Metrics
Bibliometrics & Citations
Bibliometrics
Article Metrics
- 0Total Citations
- 128Total Downloads
- Downloads (Last 12 months)0
- Downloads (Last 6 weeks)0
Reflects downloads up to 13 Jan 2025
Other Metrics
Citations
View Options
Login options
Check if you have access through your login credentials or your institution to get full access on this article.
Sign in