TY  - JOUR
TT  - THE ROLE OF PERSONALITY TRAITS, SELF-EFFICACY AND SITUATIONAL FACTORS IN SHAPING KNOWLEDGE ABSORPTION ACTIVITIES
AU  - Dahari, Siti Nur Shahira
AU  - Sheikh Abdul Mutalib, Siti Khairunnisa
PY  - 2017
DA  - August
DO  - 10.18769/ijasos.337942
JF  - IJASOS- International E-journal of Advances in Social Sciences
JO  - IJASOS
PB  - OCERINT International Organization Center of Academic Research
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2411-183X
SP  - 591
EP  - 597
VL  - 3
IS  - 8
KW  - Knowledge Worker
KW  - Big Five Model
KW  - Personality Traits
KW  - Self-Efficacy
KW  - Situational Factors
KW  - Knowledge Absorption
N2  - Today’s, knowledge has turned into the most critical source and valuableassets to any institutions and organizations. Subsequently, this lead to theimportance role of organization to sustain its competitiveness, numerousorganizations and institutions at the present acknowledge the role of knowledgeengagement in creating and maintaining a competitive advantage is essential inorder to build up organization success. Knowledge comprises in creatingcompetitive advantage and is influential in improving performance and outcomes.Organizations necessity, therefore, plays vital role in preserving employeesknowledge and take appropriate actions to use successfully both tacit andexplicit knowledge which is often significance to their operations and make it accessibleto their employees. This conceptual paper attemptsto develop a conceptual framework inrelation to individual Personality traits, Self-efficacy and Situational factors componentsimpacting the Knowledge Absorption activities on knowledge worker. This study canpossibly provide theoretical understanding as it could add to our knowledgeabout relations and influences of the Personality traits, Self-efficacy andSituational factors with workplace Knowledge Absorption activities, with aparticular concentrate on the Knowledge Worker, and their capacity in learningand ability to pertain and apply the knowledge according to organizationcontext and resulting Knowledge Absorption productivity. In addition, this study shows conceptual progress on the issue of howbroad personality characteristics such as the Big 5, Self-efficacy and Situationalfactors could have their effects on performance outcomes, by exploringpotential predictors that consist of the elements of the Self-efficacy,Situational factors and Big Five Personality Traits (B5), i.e., conscientiousness,extraversion, agreeableness, openness, and neuroticism. 
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