Knowledge management for skill improvement motivation.

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to find out the hypothesis of what are knowledge that impact the motivation theories for people to have intention to improve skills. This study uses in-depth interviews and collect data from twenty-five people with Bachelor of Engineering degree. The study collects information from freshly graduated engineers and experienced engineers. In addition, in order to collect a more diverse information, the sample group is chosen from different occupations, positions and companies. The diversity provides an opportunity for the study to obtain information from people with similar educational background but have different perspective on self-improvement. This study found two explicit knowledges and three tacit knowledges that the interviewees want to learn and adapt for their skills to work successfully. In addition, the knowledge that the interviewees want to improve can be classified by their jobs, positions, and responsibilities.