Culture as a barrier of knowledge sharing

Michał Chmielecki

doi:10.2478/joim-2013-0013

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Culture as a barrier of knowledge sharing

Journal of Intercultural Management

Volume 5 (2013): Issue 2 (June 2013)

By: Michał Chmielecki

Open Access

|Mar 2014

Abstract

Management in last decades has seen knowledge sharing become a key tool for the success of a variety of institutions. Many international companies and other organizations have developed knowledge management programs as key to their future development strategies. There are number of international organizations that have identified knowledge sharing as one of their core management tools. Yet despite its growing popularity, knowledge sharing remains a complex and challenging task. This article discusses what cultural barriers can impede knowledge sharing processes

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