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The influence of the community climate on users' knowledge-sharing intention: the social cognitive theory perspective.
- Source :
- Behaviour & Information Technology; Feb2022, Vol. 41 Issue 2, p307-323, 17p, 2 Diagrams, 6 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- The purpose of this paper is to investigate the underlying mechanism of the community climate on knowledge-sharing intention in virtual communities. Based on social cognitive theory, a theoretical model was developed and empirically tested using a web-based survey of 525 members from an online question and answer (Q&A) community in China. Results showed that knowledge-sharing self-efficacy and outcome expectation played a chain mediation role in the relationship between the community climate and knowledge-sharing intention. This study is among the first to examine whether and how community climate influences knowledge sharing. Our research findings unpack the mechanism of the community climate on knowledge-sharing intention, and provide practical insights on how to use community climate to facilitate users to share knowledge in online Q&A communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0144929X
- Volume :
- 41
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Behaviour & Information Technology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 156005566
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2020.1808704