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KMID : 0387320140240030291
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Korean Journal of Health Policy and Administration
2014 Volume.24 No. 3 p.291 ~ p.300
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Knowledge Management Activity and Performance of University Hospital Employees
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Lee Hyun-Sook
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Abstract
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Background: The efficient knowledge management in hospital organization is generally known as the important activities relevant to employees’ knowledge sharing behavior and work performance. This research examined factors affecting employees’ knowledge sharing behavior and work performance in top 4 university hospitals. This study is based on individual factors such as incentives, reciprocity, behavioral control, and subjective norms. Also, there are organizational factors such as CEO support, learning climate, IT system, rewards system, and trust.
Methods: Data was collected from employees who are working at 3 hospitals university in Seoul and 1 university hospital in Gyeonggi-Do through the self-administered questionnaires. A total of 779 questionnaires were analyzed by PASW SPSS ver. 18.0. (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA).
Results: The significant variables affecting knowledge sharing behavior are behavioral control (in individual factor) and CEO, IT system, and trust (in organization factor). Also the significant variables affecting work performance are incentives, reciprocity, subjective norms, and behavioral control (in individual factor) and CEO support, IT system, reward system, and trust (in organization factor).
Conclusion: The personality and organization characteristics factors is important to improve knowledge sharing behavior and work performance of hospital employees. Therefore, to make more efficient knowledge management is to build and system knowledge sharing culture, system, and leadership and to develop practical strategies.
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KEYWORD
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Knowledge management activity, Knowledge management performance, University hospital
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