ARTICLE NO TITLE

1 Knowledge sharing in wiki

communities: an empirical study

2 Factors affecting knowledge sharing intention among academic

staff

3 Review of Factor Influencing Knowledge

Sharing Behavior Among Virtual Communities

4 Does Internet Self-Efficacy Affect Knowledge Sharing

Behavior?
5 DOES SELF-EFFICACY CONTRIBUTE TO KNOWLEDGE
SHARING AND INNOVATION EFFECTIVENESS? A
MULTI-LEVEL PERSPECTIVE

6 Effects of Student Task Self-Efficacy and Expected Reciprocity

on Intent to Share Knowledge
7 FACTORS AFFECTING KNOWLEDGE SHARINF
BEHAVIOR: A CONTENT
ANALYSIS OF EMPIRICAL FINDINGS
8 Examining the Factors Influencing Participants Knowledge
Sharing Behavior
in Virtual Learning Communities
9 Exploring factors that influence knowledge sharing behavior
via weblogs
10 Factors Affecting Learners Knowledge Sharing Intentions in
Web-based
Learning
11 Factors Influencing Knowledge Sharing in Professional Virtual
Communities of Practice
12 An Exploration of Using Facebook to Build a Virtual
Community of Practice

13 THE MODEL OF TOURIST VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES

MEMBERS ENGAGEMENT MANAGEMENT

14 THE DETERMINANTS OF KNOWLEDGE SHARING

INTENTION IN PROFESSIONAL VIRTUAL
COMMUNITIES: AN
INTEGRATIVE MODEL

15 Explaining Virtual Community User Knowledge

Sharing based on Social Cognitive Theory
16 Knowledge sharing behavior in virtual communities: The
relationship
between trust, self-efficacy, and outcome expectations

17 Understanding Knowledge-Sharing in Online Communities

of Practice

18 Understanding knowledge sharing in virtual communities: An

integration of social capital and social cognitive theories

19 Online social networks: Why do students use facebook?

20 Why people share knowledge in

virtual communities?
21 Exploring knowledge sharing in
virtual communities
22 Information security professional perceptions of knowledge-
sharing intention in
virtual communities under social cognitive theory
23 Individual Factors and Knowledge Sharing
24 Understanding the concept of individual level knowledge
sharing:
A review of critical success factors
25 Knowledge-Sharing Intention in a Virtual Community:
A Study of Participants in the Chinese Wikipedia

26 Knowledge Sharing in Virtual Distributed Environments:

Main Motivators, Discrepancies of Findings and
Suggestions for Future Research

27 Knowledge Sharing in Virtual Communities: A Social

Exchange
Theory Perspective
28 Factors Influencing Knowledge Sharing in
Organizations: A Literature Review
29 Knowledge sharing in virtual communities a review of the
empirical research
30 Understanding Knowledge Sharing In Organizations: Further
Questions
Of Research Through A Social Cognitive Perspective

31 Self-Efficacy as a Determined Factor for Knowledge

Sharing Awareness

32 Tacit knowledge sharing, self-efficacy

theory, and application to the Open Source
community
33 THE DECISION TO CONTINUE SHARING KNOWLEDGE
IN
VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES: THE MODERATING ROLE OF
KNOWLEDGE-SHARING EXPERIENCE AND
KNOWLEDGE
SELF-EFFICACY

34 THE EFFECT OF SELF-EFFICACY AND SELF-

REGULATION ON KNOWLEDGE SHARING BEHAVIOR
UNDER SOCIAL COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE

35 The Intention to Share: Psychological Investigation of

Knowledge Sharing Behavior in
Online Communities
36 The study on influence factors of knowledge sharing
among members in electronic community

37 To give or to receive? Factors influencing members

knowledge sharing and
community promotion in professional virtual communities

38 Understanding user participation in online communities: A

systematic
literature review of empirical studies
39 Knowledge sharing behaviour
influences: A study of Information
Science and Library Management
faculties in Bangladesh
Md. Anwarul Islam
Japan Advanced Institute of Science & Technology
Mitsuru Ikeda
Japan Advanced Institute of Science & Technology
Md. Maidul Islam
AUTHORS YEAR SCT?

Wei-Tsong Wang 2011 -

Zu-Hao Wei

Ali Jolaee and Khalil Md Nor 2013 -

Naser Khani
Rosman Md Yusoff

Elham Aliakbar 2013 self-efficacy

outcome
expectations
-
no

YES

YES

YES

YES
YES

YES
YES

YES
KEYWORD SEARCHES

Knowledge sharing, Virtual community, Virtual community outcome, Wiki application,

Wikis, Web

Knowledge sharing, Attitude, Subjective norm, University, Academic staff

Knowledge Sharing, Virtual Communities, Trust, Self-efficacy, Compatibility, Perceived

Relative Advantage, Norm of Reciprocity, Familiarity, Sense of Belonging,

Internet self-efficacy, knowledge sharing,

theory of planned behavior
PURPOSE

empirically investigated the dynamics of how these applications contribute to the development and
continuity of virtual communities by enhancing the knowledge sharing intentions of community
members.

The purpose of this paper is to investigate factors affecting knowledge sharing among
academic staff in universities. Utilizing the theory of reasoned action (TRA) as the underlying research
framework, the main objective of this study was threefold. First, was to examine the relationship
between attitude, subjective norm, and trust with knowledge sharing intention. Second, was to
examine the relationship among factors, i.e., self-efficacy, social networks and extrinsic rewards with
attitude toward knowledge sharing intention and the third objective was to find out the relationship
between organizational support and subjective norm.

aims to introduce the factors that support or hinder ones knowledge sharing behavior (KSB) in the virtual communities of b

this paper examines the relationships between the internet selfefficacy, attitude towards knowledge sharing, subjective norm
sharing behavior.
DESIGN/
METHODOLOGY/
APPROACH
A theoretical model was developed to explain and predict the
knowledge sharing intentions of virtual community members. Survey data collected from 232 wiki
community members were examined using structural equation modelling to verify the theoretical
model.

A total of 200 questionnaires were distributed among academic

staff at three social science faculties in one public university in Malaysia. Collectively, 117 usable
responses were returned. Partial Least Square analysis was utilized to analyze the data.
FINDINGS

The research results confirm the positive influence of the use of wiki applications on
knowledge sharing intention through the mediating effects of member interactions, community
participation, and community promotion. However it was found that community trust and community
identification had no significant effect on knowledge sharing intention.

The results indicated that of the two components of the TRA, only attitude was positively and significantly
related to knowledge sharing intention. The findings also show that social network and self-efficacy
significantly affect attitude and organizational support showed a strong influence on subjective norms
toward knowledge sharing intention.
LIMITATIONS/ IMPLICATIONS

Research limitations/implications Future research should consider type of knowledge that is

being shared. Besides, it would also be interesting to investigate potential differences of the knowledge
sharing intention between academic staff in the private and public universities.
Practical implications This study offers a more clear vision of the factors that affect knowledge
sharing intention among academic staff. Therefore, managers can implement practical plan to support
those factors.
ORIGINALITY/
VALUE

Factors affecting knowledge sharing among academic staff in universities were

reviewed to suggest a framework to explain this behavior in a specific context.
Keywords Knowledge sharing, Attitude, Subjective norm, University, Academic staff
FUTURE RECOMMENDATIONS

Very few studies have empirically investigated the relationships among the
characteristics of wiki applications, virtual community outcomes (participation, promotion, trust, and
identification), and the knowledge sharing intentions of virtual community members. The research
findings can enrich our understanding of how wiki or other similar technologies affect the sharing of
knowledge within virtual communities. This can, in turn, provide both virtual community
administrators and managers of organisations with guidelines for creating successful knowledge
sharing practices.

Future research should consider type of knowledge that is

being shared. Besides, it would also be interesting to investigate potential differences of the knowledge
sharing intention between academic staff in the private and public universities.