TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploration of multi-layered knowledge sharing participation: the roles of perceived benefits and costs
AU - Sedighi, Mohammad
AU - van Splunter, Sander
AU - Brazier, Frances
AU - van Beers, Cees
AU - Lukosch, Stephan
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - This paper explores participants’ perceived benefits and costs that influence the quantity and the quality of voluntary participation in knowledge networks in a resources-constrained economy. A conceptual model of perceived benefits and costs of knowledge sharing is designed on the basis of literature. The influence of perceived benefit and cost on perceived quantity and quality of knowledge sharing are assessed on the basis of a survey with 283 participants in a business context within a resource-restrained economy. The results indicate that reputation, reciprocity, and altruism are perceived to benefit quantity of participation, while reciprocity, altruism, and knowledge self-efficacy are perceived to benefit the quality of participation in knowledge networks. Effort and time have a negative impact on both quantity and quality of participation in knowledge sharing.
AB - This paper explores participants’ perceived benefits and costs that influence the quantity and the quality of voluntary participation in knowledge networks in a resources-constrained economy. A conceptual model of perceived benefits and costs of knowledge sharing is designed on the basis of literature. The influence of perceived benefit and cost on perceived quantity and quality of knowledge sharing are assessed on the basis of a survey with 283 participants in a business context within a resource-restrained economy. The results indicate that reputation, reciprocity, and altruism are perceived to benefit quantity of participation, while reciprocity, altruism, and knowledge self-efficacy are perceived to benefit the quality of participation in knowledge networks. Effort and time have a negative impact on both quantity and quality of participation in knowledge sharing.
UR - http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:92589563-7d57-4415-9bca-f1c5da9b71f9
U2 - 10.1108/JKM-01-2016-0044
DO - 10.1108/JKM-01-2016-0044
M3 - Article
SN - 1367-3270
VL - 20
JO - Journal of Knowledge Management
JF - Journal of Knowledge Management
IS - 6
ER -