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Knowledge worker
About: Knowledge worker is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1155 publications have been published within this topic receiving 20678 citations. The topic is also known as: intellectual worker.
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23 Apr 2017
TL;DR: The model was an adaption of Bakshy and Wilensky's team assembly model which looked at the formation of academic teams to complete some collaborative research task and indicated that the average size of the disjoint components, sets on connected agents, decreases when prestige is introduced.
Abstract: The modern knowledge worker is faced with managing their time across multiple projects. To ensure the successful completion of one project, the worker might be inclined to put more time into that project than was originally intended, at the expense of other projects with which they are involved. This paper looks at the impact of this type of strategic behavior on the output of research teams. Our model was an adaption of Bakshy and Wilensky's team assembly model which looked at the formation of academic teams to complete some collaborative research task. The agents, who represent researchers, make strategic decision to increase their prestige through the selection of the teams they work with. The results indicate that the average size of the disjoint components, sets on connected agents, decreases when prestige is introduced. This implies a smaller, more cliquey, "invisible" college is formed within a given field of study.
2 citations
13 Jul 2008
TL;DR: In this article, a case study of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of the West Indies, highlights one such course which seeks to teach these new skills and recommends ways in which a multi-disciplinary approach to engineering education can be achieved in an environment of limited resources.
Abstract: Traditional forms of tertiary level engineering education are insufficient to meet the needs of the knowledge student. A multi-disciplinary approach needs to be adopted as the knowledge worker requires a new set of skills, key of which is the technical communication skills set. Through a case study of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of the West Indies, this paper highlights one such course which seeks to teach these new skills and recommends ways in which a multi-disciplinary approach to engineering education can be achieved in an environment of limited resources.
2 citations
1 Jan 2013
TL;DR: Based on a survey of 1,034 knowledge managers, knowledge workers, and senior managers from organization of all types, forms, and sizes from many industrial sectors from 76 countries around the world, from July 17, 2007, to November 14, 2011, the authors study the role of communities of practice (CoPs) in managing knowledge in organizations.
Abstract: Based on a survey of 1,034 knowledge managers, knowledge workers, and senior managers from organization of all types, forms, and sizes from many industrial sectors from 76 countries around the world, from July 17, 2007, to November 14, 2011, we study the role of communities of practice (CoPs) in managing knowledge in organizations. We formulate 10 hypotheses and draft 51 questions to test these hypotheses pertaining to forming and operating CoPs. We find that properly managed CoPs could perform many essential tasks in creating, sharing, and applying knowledge to operations for change and innovation. The lessons drawn help us provide guidelines for designing and operating communities of practice (CoPs) in organizations.
2 citations
TL;DR: In this article , the authors exploited the effect of knowledge management in knowledge worker productivity and empirically measured via cross-sectional study and data was collected from banks in south-Punjab Pakistan.
Abstract: This study exploited effect of knowledge management in knowledge worker productivity and empirically measured via cross-sectional study and data was collected from banks in south-Punjab Pakistan. There is lack of literature that deliberate interplay of knowledge management-enablers, knowledge worker’s productivity, knowledge management process as well as the organizational performance. Thus, the findings as obtained through the statistical procedures provide significant information that helps in reaching the desired conclusion. The finding reveals positive significant effect of the knowledge management (KM) enablers on the knowledge management (KM) practices and process and subsequently, knowledge management practices and process has positive impact upon workers’ productivity and organizational performance. Likewise, the knowledge workers productivity also significantly enhancing the firms’ performance.
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| 2025 | 9 |
| 2024 | 16 |
| 2023 | 24 |
| 2022 | 21 |
| 2021 | 30 |
| 2020 | 21 |