Volume & Issue no: Volume 5, Issue 2, March - April 2016
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Title: |
A Study of Knowledge Contribution through Electronic Knowledge Repositories among Sri Lankan IT Professionals |
Author Name: |
Khwaja M. Abdul-Cader, Gapar Md. Johar |
Abstract: |
Abstract
Knowledge sharing through Electronic Knowledge
Repositories (EKR) can be successful, only if knowledge
workers are willing to contribute their knowledge through
EKR. This paper attempts to identify the significant cost and
benefit factors that influence knowledge contribution through
EKR among Sri Lankan IT professionals, in order to
encourage Sri Lankan IT professionals to contribute
knowledge through EKR.Knowledge contribution behaviour is
examined by using a model which employs the social
exchange theory (SET) to identify cost and benefit factors
affecting EKR usage, and social capital theory (SCT) to
account for the moderating influence of contextual factors.
Ten hypotheses were formulated based on the theoretical
framework. An Internet based online survey was used to
collect data from 207 IT professionals. Multiple linear
regression results reveal that the most significant factors that
influence knowledge contribution are: loss of knowledge
power, which is moderated by pro-sharing norms; contributor
economic reward, which is moderated by identification; and
image, which is moderated by pro-sharing norms. A study of
the factors that influence knowledge contribution through
EKR is vital to better understand the reasons for the
reluctance of Sri Lankan IT professionals to contribute
knowledge through EKR. By encouraging Sri Lankan IT
professionals to contribute knowledge through EKR, Sri
Lankan IT companies can retain and reuse valuable
knowledge and thereby be more productive and efficient due
to the effective use of knowledge.
Keywords: Knowledge Management, Knowledge
Sharing, Knowledge Contribution, Electronic Knowledge
Repositories, Sri Lanka, IT Professionals, Social
Exchange Theory, Social Capital Theory |
Cite this article: |
Khwaja M. Abdul-Cader, Gapar Md. Johar , "
A Study of Knowledge Contribution through Electronic Knowledge Repositories among Sri Lankan IT Professionals" , International Journal of Emerging Trends & Technology in Computer Science (IJETTCS) ,
Volume 5, Issue 2, March - April 2016 , pp.
118-128 , ISSN 2278-6856.
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