- Title
- Knowledge sharing: influences of trust, commitment and cost
- Creator
- Casimir, Gian; Lee, Karen; Loon, Mark
- Relation
- Journal of Knowledge Management Vol. 16, Issue 5, p. 740-753
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/13673271211262781
- Publisher
- Emerald
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2012
- Description
- Purpose: This paper's aim is to examine the influence of perceived cost of sharing knowledge and affective trust in colleagues on the relationship between affective commitment and knowledge sharing. Design/methodology/approach: The methodology used was a survey of 496 employees from 15 organizations across ten industries. Findings: Affective trust in colleagues moderates the relationship between affective commitment and knowledge sharing and the relationship between cost of knowledge sharing and knowledge sharing. Research limitations/implications: Future researchers should operationalize the perceived cost of knowledge sharing construct to include other potential group barriers; for instance, politics and organizational barriers, management commitment and lack of trust. Practical implications: The findings of this study suggest that employees who value social relationships and social resources tend to view knowledge as a collectively owned commodity. As such, their knowledge sharing behavior reflects the model of reciprocal social exchanges. Social implications: The results of this study indicate that an organizational culture that encourages affect‐based trust between colleagues will facilitate knowledge sharing.
- Subject
- knowledge sharing; affective commitment; trust in colleagues; perceived cost of knowledge; knowledge transfer; trust
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1307115
- Identifier
- uon:21336
- Identifier
- ISSN:1367-3270
- Language
- eng
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