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Rational or Institutional Intent? Knowledge Management adoption in Saudi public organizations

International Public Management Review

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Title Rational or Institutional Intent? Knowledge Management adoption in Saudi public organizations
 
Creator Alamri, Mashhoor; Arab East colleges
Abumaghayed, Yahya
 
Description A mixed-methods analysis examined the motivations of the Saudi public organizations to adopt knowledge management as a modern management philosophy by using rational and institutional perspectives. The results show that these organizations are affected by both institutional and rational factors, however, The role of the institutional perspective in interpreting the mechanism of decision making for the adoption of knowledge management, achieving the requirements necessary for establishing a knowledge management project, and the organizations ability to manage the knowledge management project is more prominent than the rational perspective. Regarding type of organization, the results has indicated a different response to the institutional pressures according to the type of organization. Organizations that operate in  an environment that have more technologies are inclined to the rational perspective, as in the case of financial institutions and organizations operate in an environment that have limited technology and less identified objectives are inclined to the institutional perspective, as in case of training and educational organizations.
 
Publisher International Public Management Review
 
Contributor Yahya Abo moghyied
 
Date 2016-10-06
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://journals.sfu.ca/ipmr/index.php/ipmr/article/view/282
 
Source International Public Management Review; Vol 17, No 2 (2016); 36-58
1662-1387
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://journals.sfu.ca/ipmr/index.php/ipmr/article/view/282/275
 
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