Antecedents of knowledge management practices: Case of Malaysian practitioners
In this paper, we investigated the knowledge management (KM) behavior of executives in Malaysia who work in different sectors and involved in Information Technology (IT) related fields. We proposed a conceptual framework based on the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA), the Theory of Planned Behavio...
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| Language: | English English |
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Universitas Ahmad Dahlan in collaboration with IAES Indonesia Section
2018
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/62141/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/62141/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/62141/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/62141/1/Bulletin%202018.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/62141/7/62141_Antecedents%20of%20knowledge%20management%20practices_SCOPUS.pdf |
| Summary: | In this paper, we investigated the knowledge management (KM) behavior of
executives in Malaysia who work in different sectors and involved in
Information Technology (IT) related fields. We proposed a conceptual
framework based on the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA), the Theory of
Planned Behavior (TPB) and Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of
Technology (UTAUT) to study their intention and involvement in KM
initiatives. The knowledge creation theory (SECI process) was employed to
operationalize KM intention and KM behavior. We proposed six independent
variables that represent the social-cultural nature of KM as the antecedence
of KM intention. These variables are trust, management support,
decentralization, IT support, performance expectancy (PE), and effort
expectancy (EE). Seventy-four executives from both private and
government-linked organizations responded to our online questionnaire.
SmartPLS3 was used to run the analysis. The reliability was ensured with the
factor loadings, Cronbach’s alpha, Composite Reliability (CR) that met the
fit requirement of above 0.6, 0.7 and 0.7 respectively. The convergent
validity was confirmed through average variance extracted (AVE) that met
the fit requirement of above 0.5. The discriminant validity was assessed by
using Fornell and Larcker’s criterion. Finally, the structural model confirmed
that only PE of KM, and EE of KM are the significant predictors of KM
intention and the KM intention significantly predicts KM behavior. T |
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