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Exploring behavioral transfer from knowledge seeking to knowledge contributing: The mediating role of intrinsic motivation

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: Knowledge contributing has long been identified as a bottleneck in knowledge management since individuals tend to believe that their contributing would not be worth the effort, given high levels of expectation to receive some value in return. Self‐perception theory posits that individuals come to “know” their own internal beliefs by inferring them partially from observations of their own overt behavior. Building on self‐perception theory and adhering to the principle that the relationship between behavior and beliefs is one of mutual influence, we develop a research model to explore the behavioral transfer from knowledge seeking to knowledge contributing and consider the mediating effect of intrinsic motivation. Data collected from 430 users of Web 2.0 applications were used to test the model. The mediating role of intrinsic motivation between knowledge seeking and knowledge contributing is confirmed. These findings and their implications for theory and practice are discussed.

Source: Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

DOI: 10.1002/asi.22820

Authors: Yalan Yan, Robert M. Davison

Institutions: Wuhan University of Science and Technology, City University of Hong Kong

Language: English

Topic: Knowledge Management and Sharing

Subfield: Communication

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Social Science Fund of China

Award: 信息资源配置影响因素和行为模式研究