What Motivates Experts to Share? A Prospective Test of the Model of Knowledge‐Sharing Motivation
通过200名专家的调查数据，检验了结合计划行为理论和自我决定理论的知识分享动机模型，发现态度、自主动机和分享规范能预测知识分享意愿，进而预测实际分享行为。
Abstract Knowledge sharing is an employee behavior, critical to organizational success in knowledge‐intensive work environments. This study set out to empirically test the model of knowledge‐sharing motivation designed and presented in this journal by Gagné (2009). The model combines two established behavioral theories, the theory of planned behavior and self‐determination theory, and connects various human resource practices to it. This prospective survey study ( n = 200) in a large expert organization employed structural equation modeling. The results mainly supported the proposed model, with attitudes, autonomous motivation, and sharing norms predicting knowledge‐sharing intentions ( R 2 = .69), which predicted knowledge‐sharing behavior ( R 2 = .42). We also identified potential ways to modify the model to better suit typical knowledge‐sharing contexts. Implications for practice, with the emphasis on how our findings can benefit and be used by human resource management, are discussed. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.