Abstract:

Knowledge has taken its place in the focus of managers due to the critical role it plays for organizations. It is known that knowledge provides an uninterrupted competitive advantage because it can be shared, reproduced and reused. Knowledge sharing is considered a social interaction in which employees share their experiences, skills and knowledge throughout the organization. Shared knowledge provides an increase in innovation and the performance of the individual and the organization through the development of creativity and learning. In addition, there is an increase in the efficiency of business processes as a result of the increase in employees' competencies on what to do and how to do it by the sharing of implicit and explicit knowledge. Effective knowledge management is important for sharing knowledge and making it valuable for organizations. Thus, this study was conducted to clarificate ways that will allow of employees and managers to benefit from the power of the knowledge they have and to emphasize the importance of knowledge sharing for organizations. In this regard, in the study, firstly the issues of knowledge and knowledge management were mentioned, and then the concept of knowledge sharing was introduced. The enablers and barriers of knowledge sharing are examined thorougly and the scales used to measure knowledge sharing are explored. Lastly, the consequences of knowledge sharing are discussed.

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