Influencing knowledge workers: The power of top management
Leadership is known as the major factor that can influence and motivate knowledge workers to contribute and participate actively in creating, sharing and using knowledge effectively. A survey of 180 Multimedia Super corridor(MSC) status firms was conducted to identify what leadership characteristi...
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my.uum.repo.113202014-07-15T07:57:02Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/11320/ Influencing knowledge workers: The power of top management Jayasingam, Sharmila Jayasingam Jantan, Muhamad Ansari, Mahfooz A. Raman, Kavitha HD28 Management. Industrial Management Leadership is known as the major factor that can influence and motivate knowledge workers to contribute and participate actively in creating, sharing and using knowledge effectively. A survey of 180 Multimedia Super corridor(MSC) status firms was conducted to identify what leadership characteristics (in the form of social power) are needed in a knowledge-based firm.The results showed that knowledge leaders should embrace personal power and avoid information power.Position power must be exercised with caution because it not only encourages knowledge sharing but also impedes knowledge acquisition.Careful use of power can successfully influence k-workers to apply knowledge management practices (KMP). 2008-06-10 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/11320/1/172-177-CR101.pdf Jayasingam, Sharmila Jayasingam and Jantan, Muhamad and Ansari, Mahfooz A. and Raman, Kavitha (2008) Influencing knowledge workers: The power of top management. In: Knowledge Management International Conference 2008 (KMICe2008), 10-12 June 2008, Langkawi, Malaysia. http://www.kmice.uum.edu.my |
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Leadership is known as the major factor that can influence and motivate knowledge workers
to contribute and participate actively in creating, sharing and using knowledge effectively. A survey of 180 Multimedia Super corridor(MSC) status firms was conducted
to identify what leadership characteristics (in the form of social power) are needed in a knowledge-based firm.The results showed that knowledge leaders should embrace personal power and avoid information power.Position power must be exercised with caution because it not only encourages knowledge sharing but also impedes knowledge acquisition.Careful use of power can successfully influence k-workers to apply knowledge management practices (KMP). |
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