Publication Type
Conference Paper
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
1-2005
Abstract
This study aims to understand the social and organizational factors that influence knowledge sharing. A model of knowledge management and knowledge sharing was developed inspired by the work of Nahapiet and Ghoshal. Data on demographics and various social capital measures were collected from a sample of members of a tertiary educational institution in Singapore in 2003. Reward & recognition, open-mindedness and cost concerns of knowledge hoarding turned out to be the strongest predictors of knowledge sharing rather than pro-social motives or organizational concern. Overall, the findings provide evidence for the importance of a conducive organizational climate and state-of-the art performance management systems in high-performing knowledge organizations.
Discipline
Organizational Behavior and Theory
Research Areas
Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources
Publication
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-38): 3-6 January, 2004, Big Island, Hawaii
First Page
252
Last Page
261
ISBN
9780769522685
Identifier
10.1109/HICSS.2005.622
Publisher
IEEE
City or Country
Big Island, HI
Citation
WAH, Chay Yue; Menkhoff, Thomas; LOH, Benjamin; and EVERS, Hans-Dieter.
Theorizing, Measuring, and Predicting Knowledge Sharing Behavior in Organizations - a Social Capital Approach. (2005). Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-38): 3-6 January, 2004, Big Island, Hawaii. 252-261.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/2356
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Authors
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2005.622