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dc.contributor.authorPhaladi, Malefetjane Phineasen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-26T07:16:56Z-
dc.date.available2024-07-26T07:16:56Z-
dc.date.issued2023-01-01-
dc.identifier.citationPhaladi, M. P. 2023. Building knowledge absorptive capacity in South African public companies through recruitment practices. In: European Conference on Knowledge Management, 24(2): 1060-1068. doi:10.34190/eckm.24.2.1400en_US
dc.identifier.issn2048-8963-
dc.identifier.issn2048-8971 (Online)-
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10321/5349-
dc.description.abstractMost state-owned companies (SOCs) in South Africa are in a perpetual struggle to recruit human resources and replenish their intangible knowledge asset losses that are largely due to high employee turnover. The study is interdisciplinary in nature, presenting a strong link between recruitment practice, employee turnover, knowledge loss and knowledge absorptive capacity. The research project used a mixed methods exploratory sequential design by gathering in-depth qualitative data through interviews with 20 human resource managers in 9 SOCs. Survey data was collected from a 25% response rate to the 585 distributed questionnaires. The survey instrument was tested for reliability with a Cronbach’s alpha at 0.94. The qualitative data extracted through the interviews were analyzed thematically using Atlas.ti software, whilst the quantitative data were analysed using Statistical Analysis Software (SAS). The findings revealed that due to increased human resources mobility, human resource management (HRM) establishments in many SOCs were in a perpetual struggle to fill vacancies in mission-critical areas. Knowledge-loss induced by human resource attrition was a serious challenge in most SOCs. On a positive note, the study revealed that recruitment practices were knowledge-driven, largely because they supported SOCs in the sourcing of the required company-specific human and knowledge resources, albeit some extant challenges. The study concluded that HRM recruitment practices build knowledge absorptive capacity in South African SOCs.</jats:p>en_US
dc.format.extent9 pen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAcademic Conferences International Ltden_US
dc.subjectKnowledge managementen_US
dc.subjectRecruitment practicesen_US
dc.subjectHuman resource managementen_US
dc.subjectKnowledge absorptive capacityen_US
dc.subjectKnowledge lossen_US
dc.subjectKnowledge risk management,en_US
dc.subjectState-owned enterprisesen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.titleBuilding knowledge absorptive capacity in South African public companies through recruitment practicesen_US
dc.typeConferenceen_US
dc.date.updated2024-07-26T06:33:32Z-
dc.publisher.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.34190/eckm.24.2.1400en_US
dc.relation.conference24th European Conference on Knowledge Managementen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.34190/eckm.24.2.1400-
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