A Study on The Affecting Factors of IS Professionals’ Knowledge-Sharing Behavior — Based on The Social Exchange Theory

• Main Authors: Yi-Min Wang, 王宜敏
• Other Authors: Tung-Ching Lin
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2001
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/07608601713062230614

碩士 === 國立中山大學 === 人力資源管理研究所 === 89 === Knowledge has been considered as the important resource to the competitive advantage of an organization. Knowledge sharing is critical because intellectual assets, unlike physical assets, increase in value with use. Knowledge and intellect grow exponentially when shared. However, Professionals’ reluctance to exchange knowledge inhibits sharing. Knowledge always could not be allocated well. Therefore, this paper is based on an empirical investigation of knowledge-sharing from information system (IS) professionals. Through a social perspective, it explores the important affecting factors on Knowledge-sharing behavior. The main contribution of this study is to adopt a well-established social theory, i.e., Social Exchange Theory (Blau, 1964；Thibaut &Kelley, 1959；Homans, 1958) to construct a knowledge-sharing research model, which provides some practical and academic suggestions for the future.