id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-16141 Aharony, Noa Librarians’ Attitudes toward Knowledge Management 2011-03-01 17 .pdf application/pdf 7969 488 51 In light of the above discussion on knowledge, knowledge management, and knowledge sharing, the following section will focus on personality characteristics (self-efficacy and self-esteem) and situa- tional characteristics (cognitive appraisal: threat versus challenge) that might affect librarians’ readiness to collaborate and share information with other librarians in an organization. Many researchers,2 however, have claimed that knowledge sharing is the most critical hurdle for knowledge management. cache/crl-16141.pdf txt/crl-16141.txt