A leader’s approaches to fostering a culture of knowledge sharing in an information organization

Dr Zhixian Yi works in the School of Information Studies at Charles Sturt University, Australia. He mainly teaches the management and marketing subjects and conducts related research projects. He received a Doctorate in Information and Library Sciences and a PhD Minor in Educational Leadership from Texas Woman’s University, USA. He was awarded Master’s Degree in library and information science from Southern Connecticut State University, USA and his master’s degree in English Language and Literature from School of Foreign Languages of Central South University, China. He was awarded the 2009 Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship from Beta Phi Mu, the International Library and Information Studies Honor Society. He won the Chinese American Librarians Association’s Jing Liao Award for the best research in All Media for 2014, and the 2017 Highly Commended Award for his research paper that was selected by the journal’s (Library Management) editorial team as a highly commended paper in the 2017 Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence. He has a significant publication record with numerous articles published in 14 journals, including the top-ranking journals. His research book entitled Marketing Services and Resources in Information Organizations was published by Elsevier in 2017.