TY - JOUR
T1 - Inter-organizational knowledge sharing system in the health sector
T2 - Physicians' perspective
AU - Al-Busaidi, Kamlaali
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2015/7/1
Y1 - 2015/7/1
N2 - This study aimed to investigate the physicians' attitude toward inter-organizational knowledge sharing system (IOKSS) deployment in the health sector in Oman. IOKSS in the health sector can be very crucial and results in several operational, strategic, social and economic benefits for healthcare providers and physicians. Previous research on inter-organizational systems (IOS) has focused on organizational adoption, particularly on vertically-linked organizations. Identifying major issues that are critical to physicians, the end users and key stakeholders, is crucial for IOKSS deployment. Based on data collected from physicians in Oman, results indicated that peers, the sector and knowledge workers, are critical factors to physicians' attitudes toward IOKSS. The study also indicated that physicians' attitudes were positively associated with their intention to share implicit, explicit, exploratory and exploitive knowledge. These results are valuable for organizational designing, planning and decision-making regarding their adoption of IOKSS in the health sector.
AB - This study aimed to investigate the physicians' attitude toward inter-organizational knowledge sharing system (IOKSS) deployment in the health sector in Oman. IOKSS in the health sector can be very crucial and results in several operational, strategic, social and economic benefits for healthcare providers and physicians. Previous research on inter-organizational systems (IOS) has focused on organizational adoption, particularly on vertically-linked organizations. Identifying major issues that are critical to physicians, the end users and key stakeholders, is crucial for IOKSS deployment. Based on data collected from physicians in Oman, results indicated that peers, the sector and knowledge workers, are critical factors to physicians' attitudes toward IOKSS. The study also indicated that physicians' attitudes were positively associated with their intention to share implicit, explicit, exploratory and exploitive knowledge. These results are valuable for organizational designing, planning and decision-making regarding their adoption of IOKSS in the health sector.
KW - Health sector
KW - Inter-organizationalknowledge sharing system
KW - Inter-organizationalsystem
KW - Knowledge management
KW - Knowledge sharing
KW - Knowledge workers
KW - Physicians
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U2 - 10.4018/IJKM.2015070103
DO - 10.4018/IJKM.2015070103
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84962460682
SN - 1548-0666
VL - 11
SP - 37
EP - 54
JO - International Journal of Knowledge Management
JF - International Journal of Knowledge Management
IS - 3
ER -