Developing Sustainable Healthcare Systems in Developing Countries: Examining the Role of Barriers, Enablers and Drivers on Knowledge Management Adoption

Jawad Karamat, Tong Shurong, Naveed Ahmad, Sana Afridi, Shahbaz Khan and Nidha Khan
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Jawad Karamat: School of Management, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
Tong Shurong: School of Management, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
Naveed Ahmad: School of Management, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
Sana Afridi: Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medical Science, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xianning West Road, Xi’an 710049, China
Shahbaz Khan: School of Automation, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
Nidha Khan: Department of Politics and International Relations, The University of Auckland, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 4, 1-31

Abstract: Knowledge management (KM) adoption is crucial to integrating sustainable development within the healthcare sector. Different barriers, enablers, and drivers affect KM adoption. Identifying these barriers, enablers, and drivers and their role in KM adoption is the core of successful KM adoption. However, there is scarcity of studies applying quantitative models and combing barriers, enablers and drivers to check their effect on KM adoption, especially form a developing country’s perspective such as Pakistan. Therefore, this study explores the role of barriers, enablers and drivers on KM adoption in Pakistan. Healthcare professionals participated in the data collection process, and results were analyzed using structural equation modeling. The findings described that: (1) organizational and strategic barriers have significant negative association with KM adoption; (2) government related enablers have significant positive association with KM adoption; (3) healthcare related drivers, and performance-based drivers have significant positive association with KM adoption. This study concludes that government intervention to promote KM adoption is necessary especially in developing countries. These findings will be helpful for the healthcare professionals and policy makers to promote KM adoption in healthcare sector. Current study contributes to the healthcare literature and body of knowledge by providing the empirical evidence of checking the quantitative effect of barriers, enablers and drivers on KM adoption.

Keywords: knowledge management; healthcare; barriers; enablers; drivers; developing countries; Pakistan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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