Individual knowledge management engagement, knowledge-worker productivity, and innovation performance in knowledge-based organizations: the implications for knowledge processes and knowledge-based systems

  • Muhammad Ali Butt
  • Faisal Nawaz
  • Saddam Hussain
  • Maria José Sousa
  • Minhong Wang
  • Muhammad Saleem Sumbal
  • Muhammad Shujahat
S.I. : CMKBO
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Abstract

The literature on the knowledge management relatively ignores an important concept, the individual knowledge management engagement-the degree to which a knowledge worker is involved with the knowledge management-related activities. This concept is imperative for nurturing the productivity of knowledge workers, knowledge management architecture effectiveness, and innovation. Therefore, this study proposes the mediating role of knowledge-worker productivity between individual knowledge management engagement and innovation. The data were collected from the 330 knowledge workers of IT sector of Pakistan and analyzed using the SmartPLS 3 Version 2.6. The results indicate the partial mediation of knowledge-worker productivity between the individual knowledge management engagement and innovation. The results suggest the pivotal role of individual knowledge management engagement in increasing the innovation and knowledge-worker productivity in the knowledge-based organizations.

Keywords

Individual knowledge management engagement Knowledge management Innovation performance Innovation Productivity of knowledge workers 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Attock CampusAttockPakistan
  2. 2.The Department of Management SciencesCOMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Attock CampusAttockPakistan
  3. 3.CIEO - Algarve University and BRU - Instituto Universitário de LisboaLisbonPortugal
  4. 4.KM&EL Lab, Faculty of EducationThe University of Hong KongPokfulam RoadHong Kong
  5. 5.The Department of Industrial and Systems EngineeringHong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHung HomHong Kong

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