The Hidden Power of Social Networks and Knowledge Sharing in Healthcare

2007 ◽  
pp. 104-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jay Liebowitz
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Knowledge Sharing

Using enterprise social networks as a knowledge management tool in higher education

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 555-570 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niall Corcoran ◽  
Aidan Duane
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Enterprise Social Networks ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The management of organisational knowledge and the promotion of staff knowledge sharing are largely neglected in higher education institutions. The purpose of this study is to examine how enterprise social networks can enable staff knowledge sharing in communities of practice in that context. Design/methodology/approach The study is framed as an Action Research project, covering three cycles over a 12-month period. During the Diagnosing phase, a conceptual model was developed for empirical testing. Data were collected through 30 semi-structured interviews and a number of focus groups. This was supplemented by content analysis and reflective journaling. Findings The findings support the conceptual model and provide insight into the antecedents necessary for the creation of an enterprise social network-enabled knowledge-sharing environment, the motivators for and barriers to participation, and the perceived organisational and individual benefits of increased staff knowledge-sharing activity. Research limitations/implications As the study has a higher education focus, all of the findings may not be generalizable to other types of organisation. Further development of the conceptual model and testing in other contextual settings will yield greater generalizability. Practical implications A number of findings have practical implications for the management of higher education institutions, such as the evidence of a divide between faculty and other staff. In general, the study findings provide an opportunity for educationalists to better understand the scope and impact of employing social media platforms for knowledge sharing. Originality/value This paper adds to the growing body of work on organisational implementations of social media, and should be of interest to practitioners and researchers undertaking similar projects.

Biometric Authentication Techniques and Its Future

2019 ◽  
pp. 122-149
Author(s):  
Shanthi Sivakumar
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Individual Data ◽  
Biometric Authentication ◽  
Research Challenges ◽  
Private Data ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Way

The number of users using the internet has drastically increased. Due to the large number of online users, demand has increased in various fields like social networks, knowledge sharing, commerce, etc. to protect the user's private data as well as control access. Unfortunately, the need for security and authentication for individual data also increased. In an attempt to confront the new risks unveiled by the networking revolution over the recent years, we need an efficient means for automatically recognizing the identity of individuals. Biometric authentication provides an improved level of security and paves the way to the future. Further, biometric authentication systems are classified as physiological biometric and behavioral biometric technologies. Further, the author provides ideas on research challenges and the future of authentication systems.

Learning Processes in Impact Communities

2019 ◽  
pp. 28-44
Author(s):  
Lídia Oliveira ◽  
Ana Luísa Rego Melro
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Critical Mass ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The World ◽  
Engagement Process ◽  
New Challenges

Engagement processes are facing a lot of challenges since the boom of the IT. This is true when there is a face-to-face engagement process, but also when the ties are mostly virtual. Nowadays, access to social networks, platforms for content posting and sharing (blogs, wikis, etc.), and for collaborative work are changing the way people engage. Those tools have enriched the processes, but also initiated new challenges. Knowledge sharing and transfer are processes that occur when several factors are combined. One of them, and the most important, is the existence of human critical mass capable of thinking the world and finding ways of changing it for the better, in this specific case social entrepreneurship. The authors studied a pilot of an impact community, its path, and the challenges it has faced. They also implemented four interviews to specialists in the areas of networks, social entrepreneurship, and learning.

The Influence of Collaborative Web on Knowledge Management, Organizational Structure and Culture in Knowledge-Intensive Companies

2011 ◽  
pp. 184-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathrin Kirchner ◽  
Mladen Cudanov
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Organizational Structure ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Virtual Community ◽  
Project Teams ◽  
Management Change ◽  
Community Orientation ◽  
Web Tools ◽  
Knowledge Intensive

Knowledge-intensive companies are quickly changing, involving many people working in different activities. Knowledge in such companies is diverse and its proportions immense and steadily growing. The distribution of knowledge across project teams, communities of practice, and individuals is therefore an important factor. With collaborative Web, tools like wikis, blogs, or social networks are used for collaboration and knowledge sharing. In this chapter, we question what influence these tools have on knowledge management, organizational structure, and culture of knowledge-intensive companies. As a result of our interviews and surveys done in Serbia, we found that with collaborative Web, organizational structure, culture, and knowledge management change is perceived among employees and that employee’s loyalty changes from company orientation toward virtual community orientation.

Social Media and Value Creation

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Imed Boughzala
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Generation Y ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Enterprise 2.0 ◽  
Corporate Environment ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Corporate Social

Organizations increasingly rely on corporate social networks and online communities, under what is called today Enterprise 2.0, to enhance socialization and favor information/knowledge sharing, collaboration and value creation among coworkers. Researchers and practitioners to date have mostly assumed that people from this generation Y, because of their massive use of social media in the private arena, would be willing to accept and use them more easily and quickly in corporate environment. However, to the best of our knowledge, there is no empirical work which has been reported on this issue confirming this assumption.

Social capital, employees' well-being and knowledge sharing: does enterprise social networks use matter? Case of Tunisian knowledge-intensive firms

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 1153-1183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarra Berraies ◽  
Rym Lajili ◽  
Rached Chtioui
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Enterprise Social Networks ◽  
Knowledge Intensive ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThe objective of this research is to examine the mediating role of employees' well-being in the workplace in the relationship between the dimensions of social capital, namely structural, relational and cognitive social capital and knowledge sharing, as well as the moderating role of enterprise social networks between knowledge sharing and employees' well-being.Design/methodology/approachA quantitative approach was performed within a sample of 168 middle managers working in knowledge-intensive firms in Tunisia. The Partial Least Squares method was used to analyze the data collected.FindingsResults highlight the importance of the dimensions of social capital as a lever for boosting knowledge sharing. It also reveals that employees' well-being plays a mediating role in the link between structural and relational social capital and knowledge sharing. Moreover, findings show that while enterprise social networks use does not moderate the relationship between employees' well-being and knowledge sharing, it has a positive and significant effect on knowledge sharing.Originality/valueOn the basis of a socio-technical perspective of knowledge management, this research pioneers the examination of the mediating effect of employees' well-being in the link between dimensions of social capital and knowledge sharing and the moderating role of enterprise social networks use within knowledge-intensive firms. Findings of this study may help managers of knowledge-intensive firms in boosting knowledge sharing within organizations, in improving knowledge workers' well-being and thus in motivating and retaining these talented employees.

A Proposal Model for Measuring the Impact of Viral Marketing Through Social Networks on Purchasing Decision

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 13-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hussein Moselhy Sayed Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Viral Marketing ◽  
Purchasing Decision ◽  
Market Shares ◽  
Online Word Of Mouth ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Social Network Influence ◽  
The Impact

Viral marketing has become a conduit for today's organizations and an important pillar for managing the organization and a source that enhances its competitiveness and creates new opportunities for organizations through which they are trying to achieve competitive advantages to obtain new market shares. So, this study provides insight into how social network influence on purchasing decision through viral marketing and knowledge sharing on social networking sites (SNSs). By using the sample from 650 Egyptian college students - who spend more time on SNSs, this study investigates the relationship among the use of SNSs, users' social relationships, online word-of-mouth, and knowledge sharing. Therefore, this paper is working on the study of the impact of viral marketing through social networks on consumer buying decisions, and working on the development of a proposed model to measure this effect.

scholarly journals Informal Network Structure and Knowledge Sharing in Organizations: An Empirical Study of a Korean Paint Manufacturing Company

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
Woojin Yoon ◽  
Jaeyun Jeong ◽  
Kyoungwon Park
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Network Size ◽  
Weak Ties ◽  
Strong Ties ◽  
External Knowledge ◽  
Final Sample ◽  
Manufacturing Company ◽  
Network Strength ◽  
Relationship Of

This study investigates the potentially different roles of informal social networks in promoting knowledge sharing. Specifically, it aims to examine the effects of the focal subgroup’s between-subgroup network size and strength on knowledge sharing with other subgroups and the moderating effect of within-subgroup network strength on the relationship of between-subgroup network size to knowledge sharing. Two different online surveys were conducted to assess social networks and knowledge sharing at a paint manufacturing company located in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. The final sample consisted of 536 employees in 58 teams. The team-level regression results showed that the focal subgroup’s between-subgroup network strength has a significant effect on knowledge sharing with other subgroups, indicating that strong ties among subgroups are more advantageous to external knowledge sharing than weak ties. The results also demonstrated that the focal subgroup’s within-subgroup network strength negatively moderates the effect of its between-subgroup network size on knowledge sharing, indicating that higher levels of between-subgroup network size are positively related to external knowledge sharing when within-subgroup network strength is weak and negatively when within-subgroup network strength is strong. The study’s findings suggest that strong ties among subgroups and weak ties among subgroup members are advantageous to external knowledge sharing.

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