Barriers to Knowledge Sharing in the Field of Information Security

Abstract

Today, sharing knowledge requires taking into account many aspects. Variable environmental conditions, the people factor, and the security of resources are just a few that should be considered for a noticeable improvement in the functioning of the company. Supporting this course of action requires the identification of all barriers that may exist in the enterprise. Only the owner and senior management by establishing system and organizational changes can influence this element of the business. The aim of the article is to indicate the problems in this respect that block the proper functioning of the company in the field of information and knowledge exchange. The survey was conducted with the help of a questionnaire among 189 respondents. The industry has significantly decreased in the last few decades, currently there are 307 companies operating in Poland. Conclusions from the conducted research were collected on the basis of a questionnaire survey. The further stage of the research will be to compare the collected results with the results from Western European countries.

Trust in Renewable Energy as Part of Energy-Saving Knowledge

“…To show the similarities between countries, the number of households in the countries surveyed was evaluated. Despite differences in country sizes, a noticeable common feature is the average household [4]. The average household has 2.3 to 2.8 people (assumed as 2.5 people here).…”

“…Knowledge most often comes from unreliable sources of information. Forums and social media provide information from laymen, and the sellers of individual energy sources are often not able to provide proper information [3,4] about the possibilities for the user and not only about the technical specifications. The information system on energy management issues must be clear and stable, in order to talk about sharing knowledge in this area [5].…”

Knowledge Management in Households about Energy Saving as Part of the Awareness of Sustainable Development

“…Chen and Tung have constructed a theoretical model of expanded plan behavior that includes environmental awareness and perceptual moral obligation [30][31][32]. Klöckner has proposed a comprehensive model using a meta-analytical approach to structural equation modeling, based on a pool of 56 different data sets with different target behaviors [33].…”

Barriers to the implementation of innovations in information systems in SMEs

“…The information technology used for information management should be understood as an element supporting the transmission, presentation and security with the use of computer hardware and software, combining telecommunications, tools and various technologies related to information (Tkachenko et al, 2021;Żywiołek et al, 2021). Considering the all aspects, the focus should be on the specific type of innovation that reflects the product-service relation.…”

“…The emergence of such barriers is particularly noticeable in SMEs, which is the result of all organizational difficulties resulting from the lack of proper (or poorly developed) systemic management. Small and medium-sized enterprises management is particularly difficult, and this is due to a review of the world literature on various management problems (Mueller-Using et al, 2020;Niciejewska et al, 2021;Żywiołek et al, 2021). First of all, difficulties in management result from relations between employees, awareness of responsibility and positioning the organization structure based on employee competences.…”