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Social media as facilitators of tacit knowledge sharing practices amongst public sector employees (2020)
Thesis
Buunk, I. Social media as facilitators of tacit knowledge sharing practices amongst public sector employees. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2709057

This work is concerned with the exploration of social technologies relevant to the sharing of tacit knowledge within the public sector. The findings derive from analysis of empirical data collected via survey research and twenty qualitative interview... Read More about Social media as facilitators of tacit knowledge sharing practices amongst public sector employees.

Tacit knowledge sharing in online environments: locating ‘Ba’ within a platform for public sector professionals (2018)
Journal Article
Buunk, I., Smith, C. F., & Hall, H. (2019). Tacit knowledge sharing in online environments: locating ‘Ba’ within a platform for public sector professionals. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 51(4), 1134-1145. https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000618769982

Presented in this article are some findings from a study which investigates tacit knowledge sharing and social media use. The results reported here derive from a survey completed by members of an online platform that incorporates social media feature... Read More about Tacit knowledge sharing in online environments: locating ‘Ba’ within a platform for public sector professionals.

Skills in Sight: How Social Media Affordances Increase Network Awareness (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Buunk, I., Hall, H., & Smith, C. (2017). Skills in Sight: How Social Media Affordances Increase Network Awareness. In Proceedings of the 18th European Conference on Knowledge Management ECKM 2017

The discussion in this paper derives from an analysis of data from twenty interviews conducted with members of an online knowledge sharing platform between October 2016 and February 2017. The empirical work is part of a larger doctoral study that inv... Read More about Skills in Sight: How Social Media Affordances Increase Network Awareness.

Tacit knowledge sharing in online environments: locating “Ba” within a platform for public sector professionals (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Buunk, I., Hall, H., & Smith, C. (2017, June). Tacit knowledge sharing in online environments: locating “Ba” within a platform for public sector professionals. Paper presented at i3 - information, interactions and impact

Results from a survey undertaken by members of an online platform that incorporates social media features, and enables knowledge sharing amongst public sector professionals, are presented in this paper. The work responds to a call to enhance understa... Read More about Tacit knowledge sharing in online environments: locating “Ba” within a platform for public sector professionals.

Tacit knowledge sharing: the determination of a methodological approach to explore the intangible (2017)
Journal Article
Buunk, I., Hall, H., & Smith (F), C. (2017). Tacit knowledge sharing: the determination of a methodological approach to explore the intangible. Information Research, 22(1),

Introduction. Research design should take into account both (a) the specific nature of the object under scrutiny, and (b) approaches to its study in the past. This is to ensure that informed decisions are made regarding research design in future empi... Read More about Tacit knowledge sharing: the determination of a methodological approach to explore the intangible.

Easier, faster, better? How social media facilitate tacit knowledge sharing practices betweeen employees within governmental bodies. (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Buunk, I. (2016, January). Easier, faster, better? How social media facilitate tacit knowledge sharing practices betweeen employees within governmental bodies. Poster presented at 2nd International Data and Information Management Conference (IDIMC)

This poster concerns the role, use and value of social media and tacit knowledge sharing practices. Its particular focus is the support of tacit knowledge exchange between employees in public sector organisations. This research investigates to what e... Read More about Easier, faster, better? How social media facilitate tacit knowledge sharing practices betweeen employees within governmental bodies..