“…First, the mounting human capital crisis in many public organizations due to downsizing, resignation, or retirement calls for more effective capturing of knowledge to minimize knowledge loss (Hu, 2010;Liebowitz, 2004;Rubenstein-Montano, Buchwalter, & Liebowitz, 2001). For instance, a study of police work found that the mass retirement of baby boomers had led to the dissipation of critical knowledge (e.g., knowledge of services and functions provided by specialized police groups and units), knowledge of processes, procedures, and policies of handling special assignments, and knowledge of navigating the organizational bureaucracy to obtain expeditious results (Hu, 2010).…”