TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Adoption of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for Effective Knowledge Management in the Small and Medium Industry in Malaysia
AU - , Suhaiza Zailani AU - , Hong Kian Ong AU - , Suhaimi Shahnon 
JO  - Asian Journal of Information Technology
VL  - 5
IS  - 1
SP  - 28
EP  - 33
PY  - 2006
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1682-3915
DO  - ajit.2006.28.33
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ajit.2006.28.33
KW  - Information and communication technology adoption
KW  -effective knowledge management
KW  -small and medium industry
KW  -Malaysia
AB  - Many has talked about the definition of knowledge management and the world has been seeing that people are getting more and more aware of the importance of knowledge management (KM). This studywill study the factors influencing ICT adoption for companies and investigate the influences of ICT on knowledge management. Questionnaire survey is conducted to study the adoption of ICT for SME`s in Malaysia. ICT are classified into three types: data acquisition technologies, information technologies and system technologies. The influencing factors include technological, organizational and environmental characteristics. Effective knowledge management is measured based on tacit and explicit knowledge transfer. It can be found that adopting ICT will provide effective knowledge management and the adoption of ICT is influenced by technological, organizational and environmental characteristics.
ER  -