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| Author: | Usoro, A. (et al.) |
| Title: | Trust as an antecedent to knowledge sharing in virtual communities of practice |
| Journal: | Knowledge management research & practice
2007 : VOL. 5:3, p. 199-212 |
| Index terms: | knowledge trust |
| Freeterms: | communities |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The study focuses on the role of trust in knowledge sharing within the context of virtual communities of practice. Trust is conceptualised across three dimensions: competence, integrity and benevolence. The paper tests hypotheses as to the effect of these facets of trust on knowledge sharing by surveying an intra-organisational global virtual community of practitioners. The results indicate that all three dimensions of trust are positively related to knowledge-sharing behaviour. |
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