International Journal of Organizational Analysis: Volume 30 Issue 5

Guest editorial: Mass collaboration and knowledge management: reflections to achieve best practices

Amir A. Abdulmuhsin, Ali Tarhini, Ra'ed Masa'deh, Abeer F. Alkhwaldi

A literature review exploring the role of technology in business survival during the Covid-19 lockdowns

Salma S. Abed

The Covid-19 pandemic has affected every aspect of human life. Even though the pandemic length was not too long, a huge volume of research relating to Covid-19 has been published…

Building social media-based knowledge ecosystems for enhancing business resilience through mass collaboration

Ji Yu, David J. Pauleen, Nazim Taskin, Hamed Jafarzadeh

The outbreak of COVID-19 is one of the most serious health events in recent times. In the business landscape, its effects may be more detrimental to micro-, small- and…

Impact of mass collaboration on knowledge sharing process using mediating role of innovation capability

Abdulsatar Abduljabbar Sultan, Salsabila Aisyah Alfaiza, Hosam Alden Riyadh

The purpose of this paper is to determine the impact of mass collaboration on the knowledge-sharing process in the manufacturing sector of Iraq in the mediation of innovation…

Perception of privacy issues and awareness in health-care knowledge management systems: empirical study in Indian health-care context

Prathamesh Churi, Ambika Vishal Pawar, Amir A. Abdulmuhsin

Focusing on the Indian context, with the increase in the amount of data and its analysis in health-care knowledge management (KM), the privacy concerns rise which results in loss…

Critical assessment of success factors of mass collaboration: a case of Jordanian retail companies

Amer Hatamleh, Anas Ghassan Kanaan

This study aims to carry out the critical assessment of success factors of mass collaboration in the context of retail companies operating in Jordan.

Exploring the relationships among tacit knowledge sharing, communities of practice and employees’ abilities: the case of KADDB in Jordan

Mohammad Orsan Alzoubi, Ala’aldin Alrowwad, Ra’ed Masa’deh

This study aims to assess the relationships among tacit knowledge sharing, communities of practice (CoPs) and employees’ abilities to solve problems, customer’s satisfaction and…

The effect of knowledge management in educational settings: a study of education management organizations (EMOs) schools of Pakistan

Muhammad Mujtaba Asad, Amjad Ali Rind, Amir A. Abdulmuhsin

The purpose of the current study is to explore the influence of knowledge management (KM) in education management organizations (EMOs) Schools of Pakistan. Knowledge plays a…

Successful collaboration between smart city consortium and Hong Kong Government in Covid-19 dashboard: the case of leadership in practice

Daniel Jung Yue Chun, Wahid Abdul Nabsiah, Cheng Ling Tan

This paper aims to discover why such a public partnership project had been successful with a non-profit third-party alliance such as a smart city consortium (SCC) promoting smart…

Leadership, proactive personality and organizational outcomes: role of parallel of mediators in Pakistani 3-star hotels

Ghuzayyil Saad Alessa, Shahbaz Sharif, Rab Nawaz Lodhi, Zahid Mahmood

Drawing from social exchange theory, this paper aims to examine the role of five mediating mechanisms between the relationships of critical constructs of frontline employees’…

Gender disparity in leadership boosts affective commitment and tacit knowledge sharing about libraries

Shahbaz Sharif, Rab Nawaz Lodhi, Khurshed Iqbal, Fahad Saddique

This study aims to use an authentic leadership style to explore that whether male or female leadership of private academic institutions highly influences affective organizational…

Impact of transformational leadership on educational institutes culture: a quantitative study in the context of Pakistan

Muhammad Mujtaba Asad, Amjad Ali Rind, Amir A. Abdulmuhsin

This study aims to examine the relationship between the different aspects of transformational leadership behaviours of school principals on school culture in the context of…