Requirement for Knowledge Sharing Behavior: A Review of Empirical Findings

Knowledge sharing behavior has become an essence for knowledge management. Across centuries, knowledge was proved as an important source of success in any field. Without denying the important of knowledge management system, practical implementation has found that the existence of technology alone is not enough in encouraging knowledge sharing behavior among employees. Nonetheless, through the lens of sharing culture, the factor of voluntary knowledge sharing behavior among workers at workplace has been explored. Regardless, nobody could deny the role of knowledge to everybody in any organization. By understanding the role of knowledge in the organization and their capabilities to use its knowledge resources for advantage, an organization is actually in the process of becoming a knowledge-based organization and able to transform and shift its knowledge potential into wealth. There are certain factors were highlighted in this paper with relevant elaborations supported with past reviews and journals which focuses on three factors that are individual factors, organizational factors and technological factors. After all, this paper reviews past empirical studies on factors that can affect successful knowledge sharing behavior in organization. Thus, this study is hoped to give bright ideas and understanding about the important in encouraging employees to contribute and practicing knowledge sharing behavior at workplace.