Document Type
Article
Abstract
Knowledge sharing is critical for modern organizations. Besides in-role knowledge sharing, there exists knowledge sharing beyond one’s role, which is called extra-role knowledge sharing. This study investigates the antecedents of the extra-role knowledge sharing from the perspective of organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). Previous studies on OCB and works on knowledge sharing were reviewed to develop a model explaining the factors behind extra- role knowledge sharing. Willingness to help that is hypothesized to be influenced by procedural justice, job satisfaction, and employee personality (extraversion and agreeableness) is believed to influence extra- role knowledge sharing. Empirical data confirmed most of the hypotheses of this study.
Recommended Citation
Cui, Xiling and Du, Timon C., "Why People Are Willing to Share More Knowledge than Required" (2012). ICEB 2012 Proceedings (Xi'an, China). 6.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/iceb2012/6