TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the critical factors that impact knowledge sharing (KS) and their importance in technology-intensive service organizations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).Design/methodology/approach An extensive literature review was conducted to identify the critical factors for KS in technology-intensive organizations. Then, an analytical hierarchical process (AHP) was applied to prioritize the primary criteria and sub-criteria. This study consists of nine primary criteria and 34 sub-criteria that are relevant to KS in technology-intensive organizations.Findings The results show that organizational leadership (OL) is the most important factor that impacts KS in technology-intensive organizations, which is followed by organizational culture (OC), organizational strategy (OSY), corporate performance (CP), organizational process (OP), employee engagement (EE) and organizational structure (OST). According to the results, the least impactful factor is human resource management (HRM).Research limitations/implications Because the results in this study were only obtained from service organizations, future studies can include manufacturing organizations from different countries and additional success factors. Future studies could also use structural equational modelling methodology for better understanding the relations among these critical factors for KS.Originality value This paper is one of the first in the UAE to examine the broad range of critical success factors for KS in technology-intensive organizations.
VL  - 22
IS  - 2
SN  - 1367-3270
DO  - 10.1108/JKM-05-2017-0181
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/JKM-05-2017-0181
AU  - AlShamsi Omran
AU  - Ajmal Mian
PY  - 2018
Y1  - 2018/01/01
TI  - Critical factors for knowledge sharing in technology-intensive organizations: evidence from UAE service sector
T2  - Journal of Knowledge Management
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 384
EP  - 412
Y2  - 2024/04/23
ER  -