A Conceptual Review on Technological Intergenerational Knowledge Transfer

Abstract

By the year 2030, Malaysian population is expected to reach aged population with 3.4 million being senior citizens. The retirement of the aging people is a concern to most organisations as it also means lost of an organisation knowledge. Lack of appreciation of the value of tacit knowledge and lack of planning to capture retirees' knowledge before they leave put many organisations in a position to suffer a loss of intellectual knowledge that may prove fatal. Therefore this research attempts to review issues that are considered essential in strategizing intergenerational knowledge transfer. In this paper, we reviewed 52 and examined various issues related to intergenerational knowledge transfer. Since transferring knowledge from older people involves a lot of challenges due to cognitive decline experience by themselves, we also studied research done in the area of social psychology and explore their applicability in knowledge transfer practice. We consider social psychology to be a discipline from which theories, models, and research results can be harnessed for knowledge management. Our review reveals important issues in the literature to be considered for successful intergenerational knowledge transfer. ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]; Copyright of Journal of Computers is the property of Academy Publisher and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)