Knowledge sharing: A contemporary review of literature in context to information systems designing

Knowledge sharing has become one of the areas which attract researchers from different fields. This paper is an attempt to explore available literature on the emerging concept of knowledge sharing. The paper starts with revealing and categorizing the studies which have been conducted in the concern research area. Further, main areas are been identified in the field of knowledge sharing. Relationship of knowledge sharing with information Communication Technology (ICT) has also been redefined with relation to information systems designing. This paper is a part of doctoral research thesis of the author and discusses the scope, trends and literature of the field of knowledge sharing.