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The Grounded Process of KMS Adoption: The Case Study of Knowledge Sharing and CoPs in Oil and Gas Industry in Malaysia

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Software Engineering and Computer Systems (ICSECS 2011)

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This paper presents the adoption of a knowledge management system (KMS). It is an innovation in the field of IT and its adoption rests within the literature of IT adoption theories. This research documents via Grounded Theory (GT), the adoption of KMS at an Oil and Gas Industry in Malaysia. The model generated offer insights into the technology process adoption scenario, and documents 12 factors arising which can prove useful in stimulating employees to go online and share.

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  1. Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia

    Sureena Matayong & Ahmad Kamil Bin Mahmood

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  1. Sureena Matayong
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  1. Faculty of Computer Systems and Software Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Lebuhraya Tun Razak, 26300 Gambang, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia

    Jasni Mohamad Zain

  2. Faculty of Computer Systems and Software Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Lebuhraya Tun Razak, 26300, Gambang, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia

    Wan Maseri bt Wan Mohd

  3. Information Systems Department, King Saud University, 11543, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Eyas El-Qawasmeh

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Matayong, S., Bin Mahmood, A.K. (2011). The Grounded Process of KMS Adoption: The Case Study of Knowledge Sharing and CoPs in Oil and Gas Industry in Malaysia. In: Zain, J.M., Wan Mohd, W.M.b., El-Qawasmeh, E. (eds) Software Engineering and Computer Systems. ICSECS 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 180. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22191-0_15

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