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The contribution of trust to academic knowledge sharing among academics in the Malaysian research institutions

Yaser Mutahar1 Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Administrative and Humanities Sciences, Al-Razi University, Sana’a, Yemen;2 Faculty of Finance and Administrative Sciences, Al-Madinah International University, MalaysiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Mazen Mohammed Farea2 Faculty of Finance and Administrative Sciences, Al-Madinah International University, MalaysiaView further author information
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Mohammed Abdulrab1 Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Administrative and Humanities Sciences, Al-Razi University, Sana’a, Yemen;3 Management Department, Community College of Qatar, Doha, QatarORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3345-8937View further author information
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Yaser Hasan Al-Mamary1 Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Administrative and Humanities Sciences, Al-Razi University, Sana’a, Yemen;4 College of Business Administration, University of Ha’il, Ha’il, Saudi ArabiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5495-8490View further author information
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Adel Abdulmhsen Alfalah4 College of Business Administration, University of Ha’il, Ha’il, Saudi ArabiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7770-4004View further author information
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Mohieddin Grada4 College of Business Administration, University of Ha’il, Ha’il, Saudi ArabiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5898-8547View further author information
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Article: 2038762 | Received 21 Oct 2021, Accepted 31 Jan 2022, Published online: 21 Feb 2022

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