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Antecedents of Employee's Preference for Knowledge Sharing Tools - Evidence from China
Schwaer, Chunli
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Biemann, Torsten
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Voelpel, Sven
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DOI:
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https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2011.639552
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URL:
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http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0958519...
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Document Type:
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Article
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Year of publication:
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2012
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The title of a journal, publication series:
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International Journal of Human Resource Management
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Volume:
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23
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Issue number:
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17
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Page range:
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3613-3635
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Place of publication:
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London
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Publishing house:
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Routledge
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ISSN:
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0958-5192
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Publication language:
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English
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Institution:
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Business School > ABWL, Personalmanagement u. Führung (Biemann)
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Subject:
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330 Economics
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Keywords (English):
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knowledge-sharing tools , role breadth self-efficacy , trust
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Abstract:
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This study examines individual antecedents of employees' preference for formal or informal knowledge-sharing tools. We propose that the preference for different tools is determined by the combined effects of willingness to share knowledge, trust and role breadth self-efficacy (RBSE). The findings of the empirical study, which was conducted at a medium-sized Chinese company (N = 860), revealed that willingness to seek knowledge was related to the usage of both formal and informal tools. Furthermore, the willingness to give knowledge was significantly related to the usage of formal tools. RBSE had a significantly positive impact on both formal and informal knowledge-sharing tools' usage, while its effects on formal tools' usage were stronger than those on informal tools. Affect-based trust had a significantly positive impact on the usage of informal knowledge sharing, which was also stronger than its impact on formal tools' usage. Cognition-based trust positively moderated the relationship between willingness to seek knowledge and the usage of formal tools, and the relationship between willingness to share knowledge and informal tools' usage.
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