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BARRIERS OF EFFECTIVE KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER A CASE OF QUETTA DISTRICT

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2020(V-III).24      10.31703/gesr.2020(V-III).24      Published : Sep 2020

Barriers of Effective Knowledge Transfer: A Case of Quetta District

Abstract

    In all probability, the paramount importance of knowledge transfer for higher learning institutions (HLIs) is incontestable. That said, the workforce serving these institutions draws one's attention to a range of glitches vis-a-vis knowledge transfer activities. This study looks upon social interactions, training and ICT as the possible barriers responsible for impeding the KT activities. The study is based on the premise that poor management of the barriers underscored above would lay an adverse impact on EKT. The drawn sample size from the given population is 315 subjects. The employed research technique is cross-sectional research, and, in this setting, the cross-sectional explanatory sequential design was considered relevant. The data analysis was carried out using Correlation and multiple linear regression techniques. The findings of quantitative and qualitative result manifest that the selected variables do not stymie the knowledge transfer practices, which is in conflict with the speculation of the study in question.

    Knowledge Transfer, Social Interaction, Training and Development, Information and Communication Technology

    (1) Reham Anjum
    MS Scholar, Department of Management Sciences, Sardar Bahadur Khan Women University Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.
    (2) Saubia Ramzan
    Dean, Faculty of Management Sciences, Business and IT, University of Balochistan Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.
    (3) Nagina Gul
    Assistant Professor, Department of Management Sciences, Faculty of Management Sciences, Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering & Management Sciences, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakist
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    CHICAGO : Anjum, Reham, Saubia Ramzan, and Nagina Gul. 2020. "Barriers of Effective Knowledge Transfer: A Case of Quetta District." Global Educational Studies Review, V (III): 229-239 doi: 10.31703/gesr.2020(V-III).24

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    HARVARD : ANJUM, R., RAMZAN, S. & GUL, N. 2020. Barriers of Effective Knowledge Transfer: A Case of Quetta District. Global Educational Studies Review, V, 229-239.

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    MHRA : Anjum, Reham, Saubia Ramzan, and Nagina Gul. 2020. "Barriers of Effective Knowledge Transfer: A Case of Quetta District." Global Educational Studies Review, V: 229-239

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    OXFORD : Anjum, Reham, Ramzan, Saubia, and Gul, Nagina (2020), "Barriers of Effective Knowledge Transfer: A Case of Quetta District", Global Educational Studies Review, V (III), 229-239

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    TURABIAN : Anjum, Reham, Saubia Ramzan, and Nagina Gul. "Barriers of Effective Knowledge Transfer: A Case of Quetta District." Global Educational Studies Review V, no. III (2020): 229-239. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2020(V-III).24