Knowledge-sharing motivations affecting RD employees' acceptance of electronic knowledge repository

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 213-230

  Hung, Shin Yuan ^a   Lai, Hui Min ^a,b   Chang, Wen Wen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHIENKUO TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

electronic knowledge repositories; information system acceptance; knowledge management; knowledge sharing; knowledge sharing motivations

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC KNOWLEDGE REPOSITORIES; EMPIRICAL DATA; INFLUENTIAL FACTORS; INTRINSIC MOTIVATION; KNOWLEDGE SHARING; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING MOTIVATIONS; PERCEIVED EASE OF USE; PERCEIVED USEFULNESS; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL; USAGE INTENTION;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

MOTIVATION;

EID: 79951869332     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144929X.2010.545146     Document Type: Article

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