Knowledge and Information Sharing in the Opinion of the Polish Academic Community
The purpose of this paper is to describe the
perceptions of knowledge and information sharing by the Polish
academic community. An electronic questionnaire was used to gather
opinions of respondents. The presented results are a part of the
findings of empirical studies carried out amongst academics from
various types of universities and academia located throughout
Poland.
[1] D. J. de Solla Price, “Communication in science. The ends-philosophy
and forecast,” in Ciba Foundation Symposium on Communication in
Science. Documentation and Automation, A. de Reuck and J. Knight,
Ed. London: J. & A. Churchill, Ltd., 1967.
[2] D. Konieczna, Rola nieformalnych procesów w systemie komunikacji
naukowej. Warszawa: Instytut INTE, 1982, ch. 3.
[3] Ch. K. Pikas, The impact of information and communication
technologies on informal scholarly scientific communication: a literature
review. Prepared for Doctoral Seminar in Information Studies,
University of Maryland College of Information Studies, 2006.
http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~cpikas/878/Pikas_The_Impact_of_ICTs_on
_ISSC_0506.pdf
[4] M. Świgoń, Dzielenie się wiedzą i informacją. Olsztyn: Wydawnictwo
UWM, 2014, (to be published).
[5] N. A. Nordin, N. Daud, and W. U. K. M. Osman, “Knowledge sharing
behaviour among academic staff at a public higher education institution
in Malaysia,” International Journal of Social, Management, Economics
and Business Engineering, vol. 6, no. 12, pp. 696-701, 2012.
[6] M. Y. Cheng, S. Y. Ho, and P. M. Lau, “Knowledge sharing in academic
institutions: A study of Multimedia University Malaysia,” Electronic
Journal of Knowledge Management, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 313-324, 2009.
[7] Ch. W. Chong, Y. Y. Yuen, and G. Ch. Gan, “Knowledge sharing of
academic staff. A comparison between private and public universities in
Malaysia,” Library Review, vol. 63, no. 3, pp. 203-223, 2014.
[8] M. S. Sohail, and S. Daud, “Knowledge sharing in higher education
institutions: Perspectives from Malaysia,” The Journal of Information
and Knowledge Management Systems, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 125-142, 2009.
[9] R. Fullwood, J. Rowley, and R. Delbridge, “Knowledge sharing amongst
academics in UK universities,” Journal of Knowledge Management, vol.
17, no. 1, pp. 123-136, 2013.
[10] M. Dokhtesmati, and R. G. Bousari, “Knowledge sharing in Iranian
academic institutions: meta analysis approach,” Procedia. Social and
Behavioral Sciences, vol. 73, pp. 383-387, 2013.
[11] S. Kim, and B. Ju, “An analysis of faculty perceptions: attitudes toward
knowledge sharing and collaboration in an academic institution,”
Library and Information Science Research, vol. 30, pp. 282-290, 2008.
[12] Reforms of research and higher education systems in Poland. Ministry of
Science and Higher Education, 2011, http://www.nauka.gov.pl/en/
reforms-of-research-and-higher-education-in-poland/
[13] J. Farradane, “Knowledge, information, and information science,”
Journal of Information Science, vol. 2, pp. 75-80, 1980.
[14] B. Brookes, “The foundations of information science,” Part1:
Philosophical aspects, Journal of Information Science, vol. 2, pp. 125-
133, 1980.
[15] M. Polanyi, Personal knowledge: towards a post-critical philosophy,
London: Routledge, 1958.
[16] I. Nonaka, and H. Takeuchi, The knowledge-creating company. How
Japanese companies create the dynamics of innovation, New York:
Oxford University Press, 1995.
[17] R. E. Day, “Clearing up “implicit knowledge”: implications for
knowledge management, information science, psychology, and social
epistemology,” Journal of the American Society for Information Science
and Technology, vol. 56, pp. 630-635, 2005.
[18] D. Bennet, and A. Bennet, “Engaging tacit knowledge in support of
organizational learning,” VINE: The Journal of Information and
Knowledge Management Systems, vol. 38, pp. 72-94, 2008.
[19] S. Al-Hawamdeh, Knowledge management: re-thinking information
management and facing the challenge of managing tacit knowledge.
Information Research 8(1), http://InformationR.net/ir/8-1/paper143.html
(2002, accessed 26 May 2013).
[20] M. J. Bates, “Information and knowledge: an evolutionary framework
for information science,” Information Research, vol. 10, no. 4, 2005,
http://InformationR.net/ir/10-4/paper239.html.
[21] M. Świgoń, Zarządzanie wiedzą i informacją (Knowledge and
information management). Olsztyn: Wydaw. UWM, 2012.
[22] M. Świgoń, “Personal knowledge and information management –
conception and exemplification,” Journal of Information Science, vol.
39, no. 6, pp. 832-845, 2013.
[23] M. Świgoń, “Personal Knowledge and Information Management
(PKIM) behavior – in the light of the comparative studies among Polish
and German students,” Information Research, vol. , no., , 2014 (to be
published).
[24] J. Lauring, and J. Selmer, “Knowledge sharing in diverse organisations,”
Human Resource Management Journal, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 89-105, 2012.
[25] X. Li, J. Roberts, Y. Yan, and H. Tan, “Knowledge sharing in China-UK
higher education alliances,” International Business Review, vol. 23, no.
2, pp. 343-355, 2014.
[26] A. Padilla-Meléndez, and A. Garrido-Moreno, “Open innovation in
universities: what motivates researchers to engage in knowledge transfer
exchanges?,” International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour &
Research, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 417-439, 2012.
[27] V. Fernándes-Pérez, P. E. Alonso-Galicia, M. Fuentes-Fuentes, and L.
Rodriguez-Ariza, “Business social networks and academics’
entrepreneurial intentions,” Industrial management and Data Systems,
vol. 114, no. 2, 292-320, 2014.
[28] Ch. Wang, and Y. Yang, „Personality and intention to share knowledge:
an empirical study of scientists in an R&D laboratory,” Social Behavior
and Personality, vol. 35, no. 10, pp. 1427-1436, 2007.
[29] T. Ramayah, J. J. Yeap, and J. Ignatius, “An empirical inquiry on
knowledge sharing among academicians in higher learning institutions,”
Minerva, vol. 51, pp. 131-154, 2013.
[30] M. R. Hass, and S. Park, “To share or not to share? Professional norms,
reference groups, and information withholding among life scientists,”
Organization Science, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 873-891, 2010.
[31] O. Pilerot, and L. Limberg, “Information sharing as a means to reach
collective understanding: a study of design scholars’ information
practices,” Journal of Documentation, vol. 67, no. 2, pp. 312-333, 2011.
[32] O. Pilerot, “A practice theoretical exploration of information sharing and
trust in a dispersed community of design scholars,” Information
Research, vol. 18, no. 4, 2013, http://InformationR.net/ir/18-
4/paper595.html
[33] L. Xiao, and N. Askin, „Academic opinions of wikipedia and open
access publishing,” Online Information Review, vol. 38, iss. 3, pp. 332-
347, 2014.
[34] A. Forkosh-Baruch, and A. Hershkovitz, “A case study of Israeli highereducation
institutes sharing scholarly information with the community
via social networks,” Internet and Higher Education, vol. 15, pp. 58-68,
2012.
[35] M J. Luzón, „Scholarly hyperwriting: the function of links in academic
weblogs,” Journal of the American Society for Information Science and
Technology, vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 75-89, 2009.
[36] G. Hofstede, „National culture: Poland“, 2012 http://geerthofstede.
com/poland.html
[1] D. J. de Solla Price, “Communication in science. The ends-philosophy
and forecast,” in Ciba Foundation Symposium on Communication in
Science. Documentation and Automation, A. de Reuck and J. Knight,
Ed. London: J. & A. Churchill, Ltd., 1967.
[2] D. Konieczna, Rola nieformalnych procesów w systemie komunikacji
naukowej. Warszawa: Instytut INTE, 1982, ch. 3.
[3] Ch. K. Pikas, The impact of information and communication
technologies on informal scholarly scientific communication: a literature
review. Prepared for Doctoral Seminar in Information Studies,
University of Maryland College of Information Studies, 2006.
http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~cpikas/878/Pikas_The_Impact_of_ICTs_on
_ISSC_0506.pdf
[4] M. Świgoń, Dzielenie się wiedzą i informacją. Olsztyn: Wydawnictwo
UWM, 2014, (to be published).
[5] N. A. Nordin, N. Daud, and W. U. K. M. Osman, “Knowledge sharing
behaviour among academic staff at a public higher education institution
in Malaysia,” International Journal of Social, Management, Economics
and Business Engineering, vol. 6, no. 12, pp. 696-701, 2012.
[6] M. Y. Cheng, S. Y. Ho, and P. M. Lau, “Knowledge sharing in academic
institutions: A study of Multimedia University Malaysia,” Electronic
Journal of Knowledge Management, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 313-324, 2009.
[7] Ch. W. Chong, Y. Y. Yuen, and G. Ch. Gan, “Knowledge sharing of
academic staff. A comparison between private and public universities in
Malaysia,” Library Review, vol. 63, no. 3, pp. 203-223, 2014.
[8] M. S. Sohail, and S. Daud, “Knowledge sharing in higher education
institutions: Perspectives from Malaysia,” The Journal of Information
and Knowledge Management Systems, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 125-142, 2009.
[9] R. Fullwood, J. Rowley, and R. Delbridge, “Knowledge sharing amongst
academics in UK universities,” Journal of Knowledge Management, vol.
17, no. 1, pp. 123-136, 2013.
[10] M. Dokhtesmati, and R. G. Bousari, “Knowledge sharing in Iranian
academic institutions: meta analysis approach,” Procedia. Social and
Behavioral Sciences, vol. 73, pp. 383-387, 2013.
[11] S. Kim, and B. Ju, “An analysis of faculty perceptions: attitudes toward
knowledge sharing and collaboration in an academic institution,”
Library and Information Science Research, vol. 30, pp. 282-290, 2008.
[12] Reforms of research and higher education systems in Poland. Ministry of
Science and Higher Education, 2011, http://www.nauka.gov.pl/en/
reforms-of-research-and-higher-education-in-poland/
[13] J. Farradane, “Knowledge, information, and information science,”
Journal of Information Science, vol. 2, pp. 75-80, 1980.
[14] B. Brookes, “The foundations of information science,” Part1:
Philosophical aspects, Journal of Information Science, vol. 2, pp. 125-
133, 1980.
[15] M. Polanyi, Personal knowledge: towards a post-critical philosophy,
London: Routledge, 1958.
[16] I. Nonaka, and H. Takeuchi, The knowledge-creating company. How
Japanese companies create the dynamics of innovation, New York:
Oxford University Press, 1995.
[17] R. E. Day, “Clearing up “implicit knowledge”: implications for
knowledge management, information science, psychology, and social
epistemology,” Journal of the American Society for Information Science
and Technology, vol. 56, pp. 630-635, 2005.
[18] D. Bennet, and A. Bennet, “Engaging tacit knowledge in support of
organizational learning,” VINE: The Journal of Information and
Knowledge Management Systems, vol. 38, pp. 72-94, 2008.
[19] S. Al-Hawamdeh, Knowledge management: re-thinking information
management and facing the challenge of managing tacit knowledge.
Information Research 8(1), http://InformationR.net/ir/8-1/paper143.html
(2002, accessed 26 May 2013).
[20] M. J. Bates, “Information and knowledge: an evolutionary framework
for information science,” Information Research, vol. 10, no. 4, 2005,
http://InformationR.net/ir/10-4/paper239.html.
[21] M. Świgoń, Zarządzanie wiedzą i informacją (Knowledge and
information management). Olsztyn: Wydaw. UWM, 2012.
[22] M. Świgoń, “Personal knowledge and information management –
conception and exemplification,” Journal of Information Science, vol.
39, no. 6, pp. 832-845, 2013.
[23] M. Świgoń, “Personal Knowledge and Information Management
(PKIM) behavior – in the light of the comparative studies among Polish
and German students,” Information Research, vol. , no., , 2014 (to be
published).
[24] J. Lauring, and J. Selmer, “Knowledge sharing in diverse organisations,”
Human Resource Management Journal, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 89-105, 2012.
[25] X. Li, J. Roberts, Y. Yan, and H. Tan, “Knowledge sharing in China-UK
higher education alliances,” International Business Review, vol. 23, no.
2, pp. 343-355, 2014.
[26] A. Padilla-Meléndez, and A. Garrido-Moreno, “Open innovation in
universities: what motivates researchers to engage in knowledge transfer
exchanges?,” International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour &
Research, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 417-439, 2012.
[27] V. Fernándes-Pérez, P. E. Alonso-Galicia, M. Fuentes-Fuentes, and L.
Rodriguez-Ariza, “Business social networks and academics’
entrepreneurial intentions,” Industrial management and Data Systems,
vol. 114, no. 2, 292-320, 2014.
[28] Ch. Wang, and Y. Yang, „Personality and intention to share knowledge:
an empirical study of scientists in an R&D laboratory,” Social Behavior
and Personality, vol. 35, no. 10, pp. 1427-1436, 2007.
[29] T. Ramayah, J. J. Yeap, and J. Ignatius, “An empirical inquiry on
knowledge sharing among academicians in higher learning institutions,”
Minerva, vol. 51, pp. 131-154, 2013.
[30] M. R. Hass, and S. Park, “To share or not to share? Professional norms,
reference groups, and information withholding among life scientists,”
Organization Science, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 873-891, 2010.
[31] O. Pilerot, and L. Limberg, “Information sharing as a means to reach
collective understanding: a study of design scholars’ information
practices,” Journal of Documentation, vol. 67, no. 2, pp. 312-333, 2011.
[32] O. Pilerot, “A practice theoretical exploration of information sharing and
trust in a dispersed community of design scholars,” Information
Research, vol. 18, no. 4, 2013, http://InformationR.net/ir/18-
4/paper595.html
[33] L. Xiao, and N. Askin, „Academic opinions of wikipedia and open
access publishing,” Online Information Review, vol. 38, iss. 3, pp. 332-
347, 2014.
[34] A. Forkosh-Baruch, and A. Hershkovitz, “A case study of Israeli highereducation
institutes sharing scholarly information with the community
via social networks,” Internet and Higher Education, vol. 15, pp. 58-68,
2012.
[35] M J. Luzón, „Scholarly hyperwriting: the function of links in academic
weblogs,” Journal of the American Society for Information Science and
Technology, vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 75-89, 2009.
[36] G. Hofstede, „National culture: Poland“, 2012 http://geerthofstede.
com/poland.html
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opinions of respondents. The presented results are a part of the
findings of empirical studies carried out amongst academics from
various types of universities and academia located throughout
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