What leads us to share valuable knowledge? An experimental study of the effects of managerial control, group identification, and social value orientation on knowledge-sharing behavior

Proceedings of the 36th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 10-

  Galletta, D F ^a   Marks, P V ^b   Polak, P ^c   McCoy, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b US Army Medical Department Center & School   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MANAGERS;

GROUP IDENTIFICATION; INTERACTION EFFECT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; MAIN EFFECT; POTENTIAL VALUES; SOCIAL VALUE ORIENTATIONS; THREE-WAY INTERACTIONS;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84969532335     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2003.1174271     Document Type: Conference Paper

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