Do the big five personality factors affect knowledge sharing behaviour? A study of malaysian universities

Malaysian Journal of Library and Information Science

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-62

  Teh, Pei Lee ^a   Yong, Chen Chen ^b   Chong, Chin Wei ^a   Yew, Siew Yong ^b  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Big Five Personality; Higher education; Knowledge sharing behaviour; Malaysia; Online entertainment; Structural Equation Modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955104346     PISSN: 13946234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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