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Employee Engagement and Knowledge Management: A Nordic Organizational Study: A Nordic Organizational Study

Translated title

: Et Nordisk Organizations Studie

Authors

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Term

4. term

Publication year

2020

Submitted on

Pages

75

Abstract

Mange studier undersøger medarbejderengagement, men kun få ser på, hvordan det hænger sammen med vidensledelse. Medarbejderengagement handler om, hvor motiverede og engagerede folk er i deres arbejde. Vidensledelse er den måde, en organisation skaber, deler og bruger viden og erfaring på. Denne undersøgelse afdækker sammenhængen mellem vidensledelse og medarbejderengagement i en nordisk, offentligt drevet sammenhæng. Med en mixed-method-tilgang, der kombinerer kvalitative og kvantitative perspektiver, ser den på medarbejdere i Nordic House i Island, Nordic House på Færøerne og NAPA i Grønland, som følger en vidensledelsespraksis. Resultaterne viser en neutral til positiv sammenhæng mellem vidensledelse og medarbejderengagement, hvilket antyder, at praksisser, der hjælper med at dele og bruge viden, kan være forbundet med højere engagement.

Many studies examine employee engagement, but few explore how it relates to knowledge management. Employee engagement refers to how motivated and committed people feel at work. Knowledge management is the way an organization creates, shares, and uses knowledge and experience. This study investigates the correlation between knowledge management and employee engagement in a Nordic, government-run context. Using a mixed-method approach that combines qualitative and quantitative perspectives, it looks at employees in the Nordic House in Iceland, the Nordic House in the Faroe Islands, and NAPA in Greenland, all of which follow a knowledge management approach. The results show a neutral to positive correlation between knowledge management and employee engagement, suggesting that practices that help people share and use knowledge may be associated with higher engagement.

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