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Author: | Radaelli, G. (et al.) |
Title: | Intellectual capital and knowledge sharing: the mediating role of organisational knowledge-sharing climate |
Journal: | Knowledge management research & practice
2011 : DEC, VOL. 9:4, p. 342-352 |
Index terms: | knowledge management intellectual capital organizations health service surveys Italy |
Freeterms: | knowledge sharing organizational climate healthcare regression analysis |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | Healthcare (henceforth as: h-c.) organizations (herein as: orgs.) are facing the constant trade-off to control expenditures without sacrificing the patient care quality. The challenge of doing 'more with less' lead executives of h-c. orgs. to strongly invest in innovations to increase their orgs.' efficiency. From an individual-level perspective, this study's focus is on knowledge-sharing (here as: knw-shg.) behaviour among h-c. practitioners as a critical element to constantly improve the performance of h-c. orgs. The effect of intellectual capital (IC) on practitioners' knw-shg. behaviour is especially explored. Organisational knw-shg. climate is proposed as mediator. A survey on three h-c. orgs. is conducted. The results prove the positive link btw. IC and knw-shg. behaviour. It is found out that organisational knw-shg. climate fully mediates this relationship. |
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