Information encountering on social media and tacit knowledge sharing
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Article Title | Information encountering on social media and tacit knowledge sharing |
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ERA Journal ID | 18007 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Panahi, Sirous (Author), Watson, Jason (Author) and Partridge, Helen (Author) |
Journal Title | Journal of Information Science |
Journal Citation | 42 (4), pp. 539-550 |
Number of Pages | 12 |
Year | 2016 |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0165-5515 |
1741-6485 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/0165551515598883 |
Web Address (URL) | http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0165551515598883 |
Abstract | The purpose of this paper is to investigate how social media may support information encountering (i.e., where individuals encounter useful and interesting information while seeking or browsing for some other information) and how this may lead to facilitation of tacit knowledge creation and sharing. The study employed a qualitative survey design that interviewed twenty-four physicians who were active users of social media to better understand the phenomenon of information encountering on social media. The data was analysed using the thematic analysis approach. The study found six main ways through which social media supports information encountering. Furthermore, drawing upon knowledge creation theories, the study concluded that information encountering on social media facilitates tacit knowledge creation and sharing among individuals. The study provides new directions for further empirical investigations to examine whether information encountering on social media actually leads to tacit knowledge creation and sharing. The findings of the study may also provide opportunities for users to adopt social media effectively or gain greater value from social media use. |
Keywords | information encountering, tacit knowledge, social media, physicians |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 461002. Human information behaviour |
420308. Health informatics and information systems | |
Byline Affiliations | Iran University of Medical Sciences, Iran |
Queensland University of Technology | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q4792/information-encountering-on-social-media-and-tacit-knowledge-sharing
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