@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/5672, title = {Social Media and Tacit Knowledge Sharing: Developing a Conceptual Model}, author = {Sirous Panahi and Jason Watson and Helen Partridge}, country = {}, institution = {}, abstract = {With the advent of social web initiatives, some argued that these new emerging tools might be useful in tacit knowledge sharing through providing interactive and collaborative technologies. However, there is still a poverty of literature to understand how and what might be the contributions of social media in facilitating tacit knowledge sharing. Therefore, this paper is intended to theoretically investigate and map social media concepts and characteristics with tacit knowledge creation and sharing requirements. By conducting a systematic literature review, five major requirements found that need to be present in an environment that involves tacit knowledge sharing. These requirements have been analyzed against social media concepts and characteristics to see how they map together. The results showed that social media have abilities to comply some of the main requirements of tacit knowledge sharing. The relationships have been illustrated in a conceptual framework, suggesting further empirical studies to acknowledge findings of this study.}, journal = {International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences}, volume = {6}, number = {4}, year = {2012}, pages = {648 - 655}, ee = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/5672}, url = {https://publications.waset.org/vol/64}, bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/}, issn = {eISSN: 1307-6892}, publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology}, index = {Open Science Index 64, 2012}, }