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Abstract
Knowledge sharing is an important ingredient for any organization’ success. No organization can survive for long in the absence of proper knowledge management. Social media is a contemporary concept and is proving to be very useful for the purpose of knowledge sharing. The paper is based on the review of the studies already done in this context. In this article an attempt is made to throw some light on the concept of knowledge sharing in an organization and social media. The paper also studies the barriers that affect the flow of knowledge sharing in an organization and to understand the role of social media in this concern. The paper has also tried to limn the views of the researchers on the implementation of social media tools at the workplace. Overall the study supports the use of social media at workplace for knowledge sharing purpose as it has the potency to overcome many barriers that resist the knowledge sharing in an organization.