Examining Antecedents of Knowledge-Sharing Factors on Research Supervision: An Empirical Study

Autor/inn/en	Khosravi, Arash; Ahmad, Mohammad Nazir
Titel	Examining Antecedents of Knowledge-Sharing Factors on Research Supervision: An Empirical Study
Quelle	In: Education and Information Technologies, 21 (2016) 4, S.783-813 (31 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-2357
DOI	10.1007/s10639-014-9354-4
Schlagwörter	Knowledge Management; Sharing Behavior; Information Dissemination; Supervision; Student Research; Models; Program Evaluation; Evaluation Methods; Research Methodology; Data Collection; Student Surveys; College Students; Foreign Countries; Data Analysis; Learning Strategies; Supervisor Supervisee Relationship; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wissensmanagement; Informationsverbreitung; Studentenforschung; Analogiemodell; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Data capture; Datensammlung; Schülerbefragung; Collegestudent; Ausland; Auswertung; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie
Abstract	The use of an effective supervision mechanism is crucial between a student and supervisor. The essential knowledge shared and transferred between these two parties must be observed and understood very well in order to ensure that students are produced at good level of quality for future professional knowledge workers. The aim of this study was to conduct an assessment of the impact of individual, organisational and technical factors on knowledge sharing in a research supervision domain. In order to achieve this aim, a specific research model was developed. This model was based on systematically analysing and extracting all the knowledge-sharing impact factors and then choosing the more iterative and adaptable ones, according to research supervision models. These factors categorized to individual, organizational and technological factors. To effectively evaluate the research model, a quantitative research method was adopted. Data was collected by a survey of 150 students from the Faculty of Computing at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. The Smart PLS tool was used for data analysis. In sum, the results of this research show that the individual factor in the research supervision domain--namely, the ability of students to share knowledge--in addition to technological factors--specifically, IT systems--have the greatest impact on knowledge sharing in the supervision process. In addition, it was shown that organisational factors including the culture of the university, social networks, and supervisor support have a positive impact on knowledge sharing in research supervision. However, when compared with individual and technical factors, the effect of organisational factors on knowledge sharing in research supervision was not particularly strong in the case of this study. A positive relationship did not exist between the learning strategy and knowledge sharing in research supervision. This study is among the first of its kind to empirically examine the antecedent factors of knowledge sharing in the context of research supervision. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01