TY - JOUR
T1 - Towards a sustainable quality of university research
T2 - knowledge sharing
AU - Mahamed Ismail, Nor Ashmiza
AU - Welch, Christine
AU - Xu, Mark
N1 - This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in 'Knowledge management research and practice'. The definitive publisher-authenticated version, Towards a sustainable quality of university research: knowledge sharing
Mahamed Ismail, N., Welch, C. & Xu, M. 12 Aug 2013 In : Knowledge Management Research & Practice. p. 1-10, is available online at: http://www.palgrave-journals.com/kmrp/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/kmrp201339a.html
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - It is claimed that by providing a sustainable environment, a university’s research profile can be enhanced. Questions then arise about how universities define sustainability, what criteria are used to judge sustainable quality in research, and how a university can maintain sustainable research quality? This paper places emphasis on sustainable quality of research from the perspective of knowledge sharing. It is argued that effective sharing of knowledge among academics could lead to improved university research performance. It is most important that universities establish credible leadership influences on knowledge sharing. We apply Beer’s Viable System Model to identify those domains of research leadership and knowledge sharing that are necessary for an institution to maintain sustainable quality in research. This paper considers examples of research-knowledge sharing in U.K. research communities, and explores a positive relationship between research leadership and research-knowledge sharing.
AB - It is claimed that by providing a sustainable environment, a university’s research profile can be enhanced. Questions then arise about how universities define sustainability, what criteria are used to judge sustainable quality in research, and how a university can maintain sustainable research quality? This paper places emphasis on sustainable quality of research from the perspective of knowledge sharing. It is argued that effective sharing of knowledge among academics could lead to improved university research performance. It is most important that universities establish credible leadership influences on knowledge sharing. We apply Beer’s Viable System Model to identify those domains of research leadership and knowledge sharing that are necessary for an institution to maintain sustainable quality in research. This paper considers examples of research-knowledge sharing in U.K. research communities, and explores a positive relationship between research leadership and research-knowledge sharing.
U2 - 10.1057/kmrp.2013.39
DO - 10.1057/kmrp.2013.39
M3 - Article
SN - 1477-8238
VL - 13
SP - 168
EP - 177
JO - Knowledge Management Research & Practice
JF - Knowledge Management Research & Practice
IS - 2
ER -