Witherspoon et al., 2013: Antecedents of Organizational Knowledge Sharing: A Meta-Analysis and Critique

Topic:

Knowledge sharer intention and attitude, rewards for knowledge sharing, and organizational culture all positively contribute to knowledge sharing intentions.

Meta analysis, 46 studies

Constructs in this publication:

Construct	Cites	Category	Questions given?	Content validity	Pretests	Response type	Notes
Intention to share knowledge	Choi et al., 2008, Lin, 2004	intentions and attitudes	no				description given
Knowledge self-efficacy	Kuo, 2008, Lin, 2007, Cabrera et al., 2006, Kankanhalli et al., 2005		no				description given
Intrinsic KS motivation	Lin, 2007, Jiacheng et al., 2010, Wah et al., 2007, Taylor, 2009, Kankanhalli et al., 2005, Wasko, 2005, Chiu et al., 2006		no				description given
Attitude towards KS	Bock, 2002, Chow, 2008, Bandura, 1977, Lin, 2004, Bock et al., 2005, Seonghee, 2008		no				description given
Communication	Chen, 2007, Monteiro et al., 2008, van den Hooff, 2004, Cheng et al., 2008, Yahya, 2002	organizational culture	no				description given
Participation	Lin, 2007, Cheng et al., 2008		no				description given
Subjective norm	Bock et al., 2005, Chow, 2008, Jiacheng et al., 2010, Lin, 2004, Kuo, 2008, Connelly, 2003, Quigley et al., 2007, Lin, 2004, Kuo, 2008, Kankanhalli et al., 2005, Yang, 2007		no				description given
Social trust	Hill et al., 2009, Chiu et al., 2006, Bakker et al., 2006, Cheng et al., 2008, Quigley et al., 2007, Chen, 2007, Kankanhalli et al., 2005, Schulz, 2003, Tsai, 2002		no				description given
Organizational commitment	Cabrera et al., 2006, van den Hooff, 2004, Lin, 2007, Lawson et al., 2009, Zboralski, 2009, Quigley et al., 2007		no				description given
Social network	Kachra, 2008, Jiacheng et al., 2010, Bell, 2007, Gupta, 2000, Willem, 2009, Lawson et al., 2009, Wasko, 2005, Chiu et al., 2006, Liu, 2008, Schulz, 2003, Tsai, 2002		no				description given
Shared goals	Choi et al., 2008, Cheng et al., 2008, Fey, 2008, Lin, 2007, Bock, 2002		no				description given
KM resources/technology	Choi et al., 2008, Ryan et al., 2010, Lee et al., 2006, Yang, 2007, Connelly, 2003, Cabrera et al., 2006, Choi et al., 2008		no				description given
Organizational support of KS	Lee et al., 2006, Taylor, 2004, Connelly, 2003, Cabrera et al., 2006		no				description given
Anticipated pay increase/promotion	Wang, 2004, Wolfe, 2008, Jiacheng et al., 2010, Bock et al., 2005, Choi et al., 2008, Kim, 2008, Wah et al., 2007, Fey, 2008, Cabrera et al., 2006, Wolfe, 2008, Lee et al., 2006, Yahya, 2002	rewards to KS	no				description given
Anticipated reciprocal relationships	Bock et al., 2005, Lin, 2007, Kankanhalli et al., 2005, Wasko, 2005, Choi et al., 2008		no				description given
Reputation building	Choi et al., 2008, Taylor, 2009, Wah et al., 2007, Wasko, 2005		no				description given

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Citation:

Candace L. Witherspoon, Jason Bergner, Cam Cockrell, and Dan N. Stone. Antecedents of organizational knowledge sharing: a meta-analysis and critique. Journal of Knowledge Management, 17(2):250–277, March 2013. doi:10.1108/13673271311315204.

Bibtex

@article{witherspoon_antecedents_2013,
 author = {Witherspoon, Candace L. and Bergner, Jason and Cockrell, Cam and Stone, Dan N.},
 doi = {10.1108/13673271311315204},
 issn = {1367-3270},
 journal = {Journal of Knowledge Management},
 month = {March},
 number = {2},
 pages = {250-277},
 shorttitle = {Antecedents of Organizational Knowledge Sharing},
 title = {Antecedents of Organizational Knowledge Sharing: A Meta-Analysis and Critique},
 volume = {17},
 year = {2013}
}

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