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Determinants of Knowledge Sharing in Virtual Network Communities in Organizational Context

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  • Aisha Y. Al Muzaffar

    (Supreme Council for Family Affairs, Qatar)

  • Khaled A. Alshare

    (AIS Department, Qatar University, Qatar)

Abstract

This paper attempts to examine factors that affect knowledge sharing by individuals in virtual network communities (VNCs) from an organisational context. A research model based on the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) was developed and empirically tested using a web-based survey questionnaire. Antecedent variables are considered as organisational support, organisational culture, subjective norm, web-self-efficacy, attitude towards knowledge sharing, and intention to sharing knowledge. The results showed that attitude towards knowledge sharing, organisational culture, and subjective norm have significant positive effects on knowledge sharing intention which in turns has a significant positive impact on knowledge sharing. Additionally, organisational support indirectly impact intention through attitude. Additionally, the results revealed that web-self-efficacy gender, age, educational level, and firm's age were not significant. Implications for researchers and managers were reported.

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  • Aisha Y. Al Muzaffar & Khaled A. Alshare, 2015. "Determinants of Knowledge Sharing in Virtual Network Communities in Organizational Context," Journal of Information & Knowledge Management (JIKM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 14(02), pages 1-13.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:jikmxx:v:14:y:2015:i:02:n:s0219649215500033
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219649215500033
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    Cited by:

    1. Bassam Hasan, 2018. "Effects of General and ERP Self-Efficacy Beliefs on the Acceptance of ERP Systems," Journal of Information & Knowledge Management (JIKM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 17(03), pages 1-18, September.
    2. Jyoti Verma & Anamika Sinha, 2016. "Knowledge Sharing in Cross-Functional Teams and its Antecedents: Role of Mutual Trust as a Moderator," Journal of Information & Knowledge Management (JIKM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 15(03), pages 1-22, September.
    3. Khurshid Ahmad, 2017. "The Perspective of Library and Information Science (LIS) Professionals Toward Knowledge Management in University Libraries," Journal of Information & Knowledge Management (JIKM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 16(02), pages 1-11, June.

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