The Acquisition of Knowledge in Public Organizations : the Perspective of Employees

• Autorzy: Foteini Asderaki , Joanna Samul

Warianty tytułu

Nabycie wiedzy w organizacjach publicznych : perspektywa pracowników

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Background. The importance of learning in and by organizations has since long been recognized by academic and practitioner scientists for both business and public sector organizations. In particular in the last decades interest in organizational learning has been growing. There are important reasons for considering the acquisition of knowledge in public service organizations.
Research aims. The paper reviews the state of research evidence in the field. The main question of this study is how important it is for employees in public sector to acquire the knowledge and use their full potential in the workplace and whether these organizations create an environment for acquiring knowledge and using employees' potential.
Methods. The main source of empirical data is carried out by the authors of the study in public sector organizations.
Key findings. The study was conducted using a questionnaire survey. The research shows high expectations related to knowledge acquisition opportunities in the workplace and partial fulfilment of these expectations by the subject organizations. (original abstract)

Tło badań. Znaczenie uczenia się w organizacji i przez organizację jest od dawna uznawane przez naukowców akademickich i praktyków biznesu i organizacje sektora publicznego. W szczególności w ciągu ostatnich dziesięcioleci zainteresowanie organizacyjnym uczeniem się rośnie. Istnieją ważne powody istotności zdobywania wiedzy w organizacji usług publicznych.
Cel badań. W artykule dokonano przeglądu stanu badań w tej dziedzinie. Głównymi pytaniami tego badania było: jak ważne jest dla pracowników w sektorze publicznym jest zdobywanie i wykorzystywanie wiedzy do tego, aby wykorzystać swój potencjał w miejscu pracy oraz czy te organizacje tworzą warunki do zdobywania wiedzy i wykorzystywania potencjału pracowników.
Metodyka. Głównym źródłem danych empirycznych były prowadzone przez autorów badania w organizacji sektora publicznego. Badanie przeprowadzono za pomocą badań ankietowych.
Kluczowe wnioski. Z badań wynika, że występują wysokie oczekiwania dotyczące możliwości pozyskiwania wiedzy w miejscu pracy i częściowe spełnienie tych oczekiwań przez badane organizacje. (abstrakt oryginalny)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Knowledge; Learning organisations; Training; Public sector; Questionnaire survey; Knowledge acquisition

PL

Wiedza; Organizacje uczące się; Szkolenia; Sektor publiczny; Badania ankietowe; Gromadzenie wiedzy

• Czasopismo: International Journal of Contemporary Management
• Rocznik: 2015
• Tom: 14
• Numer: nr 2
• Strony: 23--32

Twórcy

autor

Foteini Asderaki

• University of Piraeus

autor

Joanna Samul

• Bialystok University of Technology, Poland

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