The paper explores the factors that affect employees’ attitude and behaviour towards knowledge sharing in Saudi Arabian organisations. A mixed methods approach was used to gather data through a survey and semi-structured interviews. Trust was found to have a negative relationship with knowledge sharing attitude while collaborative climate, management support, openness, and rewards were found to...

Understanding how parasites are transmitted to new species is of great importance for human health, agriculture and conservation. However, it is still unclear why some parasites are shared by many species, while others have only one host. Using a new measure of 'phylogenetic host specificity', we find that most primate parasites with more than one host are phylogenetic generalists, infecting le...

The asset allocation is a crucial decision for pension funds, and this paper analyses the economic factors which determine this choice. The analysis proceeds on the basis that, in the absence of taxation, risk sharing and default insurance, the asset allocation between equities and bonds is indeterminate and governed by the risk-return preferences of the trustees and the employer. If the employ...

the ability of knowledge sharing is an important prerequisite to achieve educational and research competence in the academic departments. this paper aims to determine the factors affecting knowledge sharing within and between departments in islamic azad university. technological capabilities, organizational culture, organizational structure, knowledge documentation, supervision control, organiz...

Car-sharing systems, i.e., short-term car rental services, are solutions indicated as an alternative to individual motorization; they can be used in increasing number of cities around the world. These along with their intensive development, becoming more and complex. Due complexity, involve not only stakeholders or infrastructure elements, but also indicate numerous links functioning cities, es...

Many CEOs and managers understand the importance of knowledge sharing among their employees and are eager to introduce the knowledge management paradigm in their organizations. However little is known about the determinants of the individual’s knowledge sharing behavior. The purpose of this study is to develop an understanding of the factors affecting the individual’s knowledge sharing behavior...

Teamwork contributes to a considerable improvement in quality and quantity of the ultimate outcome. Collaboration and alliance between team members bring a substantial progress for any business. However, it is imperative to acquire an appropriate team since many factors must be considered in this regard. Team size may represent the effectiveness of a team and it is of paramount importance to de...