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Motivated to share? Development and validation of a domain-specific scale to measure knowledge-sharing motives
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Abstract
Purpose: This paper aims to develop and validate a scale to measure knowledge-sharing motives at work. It is aimed to construct a scale which is explicitly different from knowledge-sharing behavior and to develop a comprehensive and domain-specific scale for this special kind of work motivation. Des... mehr
Purpose: This paper aims to develop and validate a scale to measure knowledge-sharing motives at work. It is aimed to construct a scale which is explicitly different from knowledge-sharing behavior and to develop a comprehensive and domain-specific scale for this special kind of work motivation. Design/methodology/approach: The constructed scale was tested in two studies. Survey data (n = 355) were used to perform an exploratory factor analysis. Results were further tested on survey data from the core public sector (n = 314) and the health sector (n = 315). A confirmatory factor analysis confirms the results in both samples. The developed scale was further validated internally and externally. Findings: The analysis underlines that knowledge-sharing motivation and knowledge-sharing behavior are different constructs. The data suggest three dimensions of knowledge-sharing motives: appreciation, growth and altruism and tangible rewards. While it is suggested that the developed scale works in the public as well as the private sector context, it is found that knowledge sharing of public employees is merely driven by "growth and altruism" and "appreciation of coworkers." Originality/value: No comprehensive and reproducible scale to measure knowledge-sharing motives, which is different from behavior and domain-specific as well, was available in the literature. Therefore, such a scale has been constructed in this study. Furthermore, this study uses samples from different organizational sectors to deepen the understanding of knowledge sharing in context.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Wissenstransfer; Skalenkonstruktion; Motiv; Motivation; Arbeitsplatz; Arbeit; Wissenserwerb
Klassifikation
Erhebungstechniken und Analysetechniken der Sozialwissenschaften
Industrie- und Betriebssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, industrielle Beziehungen
Freie Schlagwörter
knowledge sharing; scale development; work motivation; knowledge-sharing motivation; Allgemeine Arbeitszufriedenheit (ZIS 1)
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2024
Seitenangabe
S. 861-895
Zeitschriftentitel
VINE Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems, 54 (2024) 4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1108/VJIKMS-09-2021-0200
ISSN
2059-5891
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)