Motivating Knowledge Sharing Among Undergraduate Medical Students of the University of Lahore, Pakistan

Ghulam Murtaza Rafique and Mumtaz A. Anwar ()
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Ghulam Murtaza Rafique: Government Punjab Public Library (GPPL), Lahore, Pakistan†Department of Information Management, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
Mumtaz A. Anwar: #x2020;Department of Information Management, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

Journal of Information & Knowledge Management (JIKM), 2017, vol. 16, issue 04, 1-15

Abstract: Objectives: This study aimed at exploring the factors that motivated and hindered the medical students to share their knowledge with each other. Method: A survey questionnaire was used to collect the data from 260 medical students selected by proportionate stratified simple random sampling technique from University College of Medicine of The University of Lahore, Pakistan. Results: A total of 252 (96.9%) questionnaires were received from respondents. Of the seven purposes for knowledge sharing (KS) (if grades/exams do matter), two obtained a maximum mean score of 3.88; while one got 4.02 if grades/exams do not matter. Four of the eight motivational factors got top mean scores of 3.59 to 3.88. Of the 11 barriers, “People only share with those who share with them” obtained a highest mean score (3.81). Conclusions: Major findings showed that medical students discussed exam-related matters and enhanced their own understanding by KS. Class participation and group discussion stimulated them to share knowledge with their peers. They considered give-and-take a big barrier of KS. The overall opinions of female students scored higher than males.

Keywords: Knowledge sharing; motivation knowledge sharing; barriers; medical students; Pakistan; university students (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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