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Title: Generational differences in soft knowledge situations : status, need for recognition, workplace commitment and idealism
Related: Knowledge and process management, Vol. 15, No. 1, (2008), p.45-58
DOI: 10.1002/kpm.298
Publisher: England, UK : John Wiley & Sons
Date: 2008
FoR/RFCD Code(s): 150300 Business and Management
Author/Creator: Busch, Peter
Author/Creator: Venkitachalam, Krishna
Author/Creator: Richards, Debbie
Description: Much knowledge management (KM) literature is focused on the improvements that can be made to organisations if they use their knowledge resource effectively. A great deal of knowledge rests in the heads of employees. Little to date has discussed the differences in soft knowledge utilisation amongst different generations of employees particularly in the IT sector. By generations we refer to the Baby Boomers, Generation X and Generation Y. Our study establishes that there were a number of differences between how the three Generations would deal with certain IT soft knowledge situations. These differences were along the following lines; issues of status in the workplace; need for recognition, typically by younger employees; issues of commitment to the workplace and finally idealism in the place of work.
Description: 14 page(s)
Subject Keyword: 150300 Business and Management
Resource Type: journal article
Organisation: Macquarie University. Dept. of Computing

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