The survey of tacit knowledge sharing in organization

Abstract

At present the knowledge and experience of employees are considered to be the most valuable sources that organisations have to strive to protect. The correct, efficient, precise and timely management of knowledge of knowledge employees by the organisation’s managers creates a competitive advantage. The purpose of the contribution is to identify the reasons for knowledge transfer in an organisation, test a dependency among selected qualitative characteristics and identification of preconditions supporting knowledge sharing as well as reasons for sharing knowledge by employees. The data has been collected through quantitative research done on the basis of a questionnaire survey aimed at managers in organisations in the Czech Republic.