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Factors Influencing Knowledge Sharing In An Electronic Community Of Practice

In: Marketing And Management Sciences

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  • EMRAH ORHUN

    (Computer Science Department, Troy University Montgomery Campus, Gunter Annex, 100 Turner Blvd, Montgomery, AL 36103, USA)

  • JAMES HOPPLE

    (AFFSO SAF/FMPT, 560 North Drive, BLDG. 900, Maxwell AFB - Gunter Annex, Montgomery, AL 36114-3030, USA)

Abstract

The aim of this study is to develop an understanding of the factors influencing participants' knowledge sharing in an electronic community of practice. The study builds on a theoretical framework derived from the theories of social capital and social exchange. A model of knowledge sharing in an electronic community of practice has been developed based on this framework. The model that considers the factors influencing the participants' intention to share their knowledge and their knowledge contribution has been empirically tested using a survey in the Financial Management Community of Practice in the USAF Portal. The results show that significant predictors of intention to share knowledge were serf-rated expertise, commitment and loss of knowledge power. Tenure in the field and reciprocity were the two significant predictors of knowledge contribution.

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  • Emrah Orhun & James Hopple, 2010. "Factors Influencing Knowledge Sharing In An Electronic Community Of Practice," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Damianos P Sakas & Nikolaos Konstantopoulos (ed.), Marketing And Management Sciences, chapter 9, pages 46-49, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:wschap:9781848165106_0009
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    Keywords

    Management; Organizational Behavior; Marketing; Negotiation; Dynamic Models; International Business; Strategic Business; Human Resource;
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    JEL classification:

    • O30 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - General

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