The Dark Side of Sharing Knowledge in the Social Media Era: Faculty Members’ Perspectives

Kamla Ali Al-Busaidi, Ibtisam Al-Wahaibi

2023

Abstract

This pilot study examines the dark side of social media platforms (SMPs) for knowledge sharing (KS) from knowledge management (KM) and information systems security(ISS) perspectives. SMPs have become a mainstream technology with several potential opportunities for KS especially during the COVID 19 pandemic. However, the literature indicates a dark side to SMPs, and knowledge workers may encounter several challenges that might negatively affect their use. Hence, this study specifically assesses the negative effects of knowledge power loss, codification efforts, privacy breaches and cyberattacks on KS through SMPs. Based on 42 faculty members and structure equation modelling-based analysis, the results indicate that only knowledge power loss is the main negative influencer of knowledge workers’ use of SMPs for KS. Further analysis indicated that knowledge power loss negatively affects sharing implicit not explicit knowledge. This study provides initial insights for researchers and practitioners.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Ali Al-Busaidi K. and Al-Wahaibi I. (2023). The Dark Side of Sharing Knowledge in the Social Media Era: Faculty Members’ Perspectives. In Proceedings of the 15th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management - Volume 3: KMIS; ISBN 978-989-758-671-2, SciTePress, pages 219-223. DOI: 10.5220/0012204700003598

in Bibtex Style

@conference{kmis23,
author={Kamla Ali Al-Busaidi and Ibtisam Al-Wahaibi},
title={The Dark Side of Sharing Knowledge in the Social Media Era: Faculty Members’ Perspectives},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 15th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management - Volume 3: KMIS},
year={2023},
pages={219-223},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012204700003598},
isbn={978-989-758-671-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 15th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management - Volume 3: KMIS
TI - The Dark Side of Sharing Knowledge in the Social Media Era: Faculty Members’ Perspectives
SN - 978-989-758-671-2
AU - Ali Al-Busaidi K.
AU - Al-Wahaibi I.
PY - 2023
SP - 219
EP - 223
DO - 10.5220/0012204700003598
PB - SciTePress