The publishers of the Journal of Research in Innovative Teaching & Learning wish to retract the article V. Nair, B. and Munusami, C. (2019), “Knowledge management practices: An exploratory study at the Malaysian higher education institutions”, published in the Journal of Research in Innovative Teaching & Learning, Vol. 13 No. 2, pp. 174-190, https://doi.org/10.1108/JRIT-01-2019-0008. It has come to our attention that a large proportion of this article is copied, without attribution, from several earlier articles.
These were:
Veer Ramjeawon, P. and Rowley, J. (2017), “Knowledge management in higher education institutions: enablers and barriers in Mauritius”, The Learning Organization, Vol. 24 No. 5, pp. 366-377. https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/TLO-03-2017-0030/full/html. Mavodza, J. & Ngulube, P., (2012), “Knowledge management practices at an institution of higher learning”, SA Journal of Information Management, 14(1), https://sajim.co.za/index.php/SAJIM/article/view/496/584.
Devi Ramachandran, S., Choy Chong, S. and Ismail, H. (2009), “The practice of knowledge management processes: A comparative study of public and private higher education institutions in Malaysia”, VINE, Vol. 39 No. 3, pp. 203-222. https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/03055720911003978/full/html.
Jon A. Krosnick, Allyson L. Holbrook, Matthew K. Berent, Richard T. Carson, W. Michael Hanemann, Raymond J. Kopp, Robert Cameron Mitchell, Stanley Presser, Paul A. Ruud, V. Kerry Smith, Wendy R. Moody, Melanie C. Green, Michael Conaway, (2002), “The Impact of ‘No Opinion’ Response Options on Data Quality: Non-Attitude Reduction or an Invitation to Satisfice?”, Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 66, Issue 3, pp. 371-403, https://doi.org/10.1086/341394.
Dumay J, (2017) “Editorial for EJKM Volume 15 Issue 2”, The Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management, Volume 15 Issue 2, (pp59-60), https://issuu.com/academic-conferences.org/docs/ejkm-volume15-issue2-article812?mode=a_p.
The Journal of Research in Innovative Teaching & Learning submission guidelines make it clear that articles must be original and must not infringe any existing copyright.
The authors wish to offer their honest regrets for not giving attribution to the original authors of the above mentioned works, and sincerely apologise for the error and the inconvenience caused. The publishers of the journal sincerely apologise to the readers and the original authors of the above mentioned works.
