Abstract:
The definitive goal of any organization is to become a success among others whichever primes through harnessing the knowledge and knowledge dissemination. Organizations face many challenges due to poor management of knowledge dissemination whereas knowledge dissemination barriers indicate organization in lowering the effectiveness and efficiency of the employees. The research is to identify the knowledge dissemination barriers in supporting organizations to surmount those barriers. There are numerous numbers of studies published knowledge dissemination barriers where this research aim is in appraising, summarizing, comparing, and contrasting the existing studies in a single place. The methods applied to detect and appraise published reviews systematically. The process of identifying and appraising all published reviews of 21, accompanied by an inductive approach through grounded theory strategy. The systematic journal review conclusion stated based on the patterns identified through the different perspectives provided by various researchers who have conducted research in different contexts. The knowledge dissemination barriers have been identified and categorized as 1) organizational, 2) individual and 3) technological. Researchers have provided further the sub-factors under-identified main knowledge dissemination barriers that assist in understanding the influence of the barriers on knowledge dissemination. The findings accentuated that identified main and sub-knowledge dissemination barriers are needed to be concentrated on overcoming the disputes faced by organizations in strengthening the organization’s performance. This paper is among the first attempts to conduct comprehensive and systematic research on the influential factors of knowledge dissemination. It contributes to the literature by offering a systematical empirical study with the consideration of the role of government in knowledge dissemination.
