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Management Science Letters
ISSN 1923-9343 (Online) - ISSN 1923-9335 (Print)
Quarterly Publication
Volume 10 Issue 10 pp. 2229-2236, 2020

The effects of reward systems and organizational structure on tacit knowledge sharing Pages 2229-2236 PDF Download PDF

Authors: Anas A. Mohammad Salameh, Zamil Zamil

📋 Author Affiliations:
M.B. Mohamed ORCID 1, T.M. Ahmed ORCID 2
1 Dept. Management, College of Business Administration, Prince Sattam Bin Abdalaziz University, Saudi Arabia
2 Dept. Computer, FMS, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan
doi 10.5267/j.msl.2020.3.013
3 Source: Scopus
Crossref 4 Source: CrossRef

🔑 Keywords: Tacit knowledge sharing, Rewards Systems, Organizational Structure

Abstract: Sharing of tacit knowledge is not without its own challenges. It proposed here that to encourage tacit knowledge sharing, Rewards Systems, and Organizational Structure must be present. This proposition tested among ICT employees in Amman, Jordan. The data collected were analyzed using Pearson correlations and multiple regression, and the results indicated that organizational structure significantly related to tacit knowledge sharing.

How to cite this paper
APA: Salameh, A & Zamil, Z. (2020). The effects of reward systems and organizational structure on tacit knowledge sharing. Management Science Letters, 10(10), 2229-2236.
Chicago/Turabian: Salameh, A & Zamil, Z. 2020. "The effects of reward systems and organizational structure on tacit knowledge sharing." Management Science Letters 10, no. 10 (2020): 2229-2236.
AMA: Salameh, A & Zamil, Z. The effects of reward systems and organizational structure on tacit knowledge sharing. Management Science Letters. 2020;10(10):2229-2236.

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