Yoshikawa, K, Wu, C-H orcid.org/0000-0002-8011-6323 and Lee, H-J (Cover date: October 2023) Knowledge sharing on online platforms within organizations: An interactionist perspective on generalized exchange. Applied Psychology: an international review, 72 (4). pp. 1552-1576. ISSN 0269-994X
Abstract
Organisations are increasingly introducing online platforms to facilitate knowledge sharing among employees across organisational boundaries. Nonetheless, individuals do not always share knowledge on such platforms. This study aims to identify the factors that can motivate individuals to share knowledge on an online platform drawing on social exchange theory and the idea of generalised exchange, a form of social exchange identified on online knowledge-sharing platforms in previous studies. Specifically, we propose that individuals are more likely to share knowledge on online platforms when they have requests from an employee with whom they have worked in the same office in the past but do not currently work in the same office location (i.e. past-collocation history), have high levels of generalised exchange orientation, and need to use a wide variety of knowledge to complete their jobs (i.e. knowledge variety). Using a longitudinal dataset spanning 6 months among 100 users on an in-house online platform of a professional service firm, we find support for the three-way interaction hypothesis in a three-level analysis. We discuss implications on knowledge sharing on in-house online platforms.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 International Association of Applied Psychology. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Yoshikawa, K., Wu, C.-H., & Lee, H.-J. (2023). Knowledge sharing on online platforms within organisations: An interactionist perspective on generalised exchange. Applied Psychology, 72(4), 1552–1576, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/apps.12457. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited. |
Keywords: | generalised exchange orientation; generalised social exchange; knowledge sharing; online platforms |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Management Division (LUBS) (Leeds) > Management Division Organizational Behaviour (LUBS) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 06 Jan 2023 08:41 |
Last Modified: | 23 May 2024 14:46 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/apps.12457 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:194324 |