Knowledge management in Malaysia-research trend.

As globalization intensifies, knowledge as a vital competitive asset is becoming more and more important. Managing knowledge is becoming a must in light of this scenario. In Malaysia, the awareness of knowledge management is growing in various organizations. However, the practice of knowledge management is still in the infant stage, comprehensive review of academic literature on knowledge management in the context of Malaysia is scare and fragmented. Therefore, this study aims to conduct a systematic literature review to investigate the research trend of knowledge management and identify the future directions from the perspective of Malaysia. Through a comprehensive content analysis to the 55 articles from Scopus database. The results show that the research interest has been a slight increase in recent several years, but the number of publications on knowledge management in the context of Malaysia was very small compared with worldwide. The findings also indicated that the research on knowledge management involves all industries, including business activities, government organizations and agencies, social life and healthcare and education. The most research publications focused on business field. In addition, seven categories of research topics identified by an in-depth analysis. Moreover, a variety of qualitative and quantitative research techniques like Delphi method, Canonical Action Research, and Observation were used in this field of study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]