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Knowledge management and organisational culture in higher education institutions

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  • Doris Gomezelj Omerzel
  • Roberto Biloslavo
  • Aanita Trnavcevic

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This paper focuses on the higher education area in a small Central European country. Its purpose is to explore the concept of culture, the concept of knowledge management (KM) as well as the correlations among their dimensions at the university level. Since we assume that it is educational personnel who is involved in KM processes, our research covered the teaching staff. Our questionnaire is based on a similar research carried out by Wilkens et al. (2004). The literature is reviewed and the empirical analysis is performed in order to examine and to explain the relationship between organisational culture and knowledge management. The findings presented in the paper can be important for further development of the higher education sector in Central and Eastern European countries as well as for other profit oriented industries.

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  • Doris Gomezelj Omerzel & Roberto Biloslavo & Aanita Trnavcevic, 2011. "Knowledge management and organisational culture in higher education institutions," Journal of East European Management Studies, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, vol. 16(2), pages 111-139.
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    Keywords

    knowledge management; organisational culture; higher education; knowledge; KM processes;
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    JEL classification:

    • I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • P20 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - General
    • P21 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - Planning, Coordination, and Reform

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