“…In addition, health-care organizations adoption patterns of KM practices vary widely because of several factors such as management and stakeholders influence (Young et al, 2001;Kim and Kim, 2003); communication, collaboration and teamwork (Kim and Kim, 2003); autonomy culture and decision-making structures (Nathanson and Morlock, 1980;Kim and Kim, 2003); and size and competition from other providers (Kimberly and Evanisko, 1981). Moreover, there has not been enough research conducted on the impact of KM on health-care organizations' performance (Alolayyan et al, 2020). While KM seems to become an established field with several applications across different industries, it is rather unknown in the health-care sector (El Morr and Subercaze, 2010; Karamitri et al, 2017), as it was late in adopting its practices (Kothari et al, 2011).…”