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Knowledge Sharing Intentions among IT Professionals in India

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Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science ((CCIS,volume 141))

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In today’s knowledge-based economy, an organization’s ability to strategically leverage knowledge has become a crucial factor for global competitiveness. Knowledge is considered an important source of establishing and maintaining competitive advantage. Specifically, knowledge sharing and resultant knowledge creation are crucial for organizations to gain and sustain competitiveness. The aim of this study is to develop an understanding of the factors supporting or inhibiting individuals’ knowledge-sharing intentions. Theory of Reasoned Action is employed and augmented with extrinsic motivators, social-psychological forces and organizational climate factors that are believed to influence individuals’ knowledge sharing intentions. The study proved that organizational climates and social-psychological factors have a positive effect on the intension for knowledge sharing. Additionally it was found that the attitude towards knowledge sharing and subjective norm affects individual’s intension to share knowledge. Contrary to the common belief, it was found that anticipated extrinsic rewards exert a negative effect on individuals’ knowledge-sharing attitudes.

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  1. Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Kochi, 683 104, Kerala, India

    Binoy Joseph

  2. IAL Shipping Company Limited, Kochi, 682 014, Kerala, India

    Merin Jacob

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  1. Computer Science, College of Engineering and Science, Louisiana Tech University, 71272, Ruston, LA, USA

    Sumeet Dua

  2. CISE Department, CSE 301, University of Florida, 32611, Gainesville, FL, USA

    Sartaj Sahni

  3. Management Development Institute, 122 007, Sukhrali, Gurgaon, India

    D. P. Goyal

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Joseph, B., Jacob, M. (2011). Knowledge Sharing Intentions among IT Professionals in India. In: Dua, S., Sahni, S., Goyal, D.P. (eds) Information Intelligence, Systems, Technology and Management. ICISTM 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 141. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19423-8_3

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