• 지식경영연구
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.55-69
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• 2015

Employees' knowledge contribution is one of the critical activities that maximize internal capability of the firm and facilitate organizational innovation by sharing scattered internal knowledge. This study integrates antecedents of knowledge contribution based on the theory of planned behavior(TPB). Utilizing TPB as a theoretical framework, expected reciprocity, subjective norm, and self-efficacy's direct effects on knowledge contribution were assessed. Additionally, interaction effects among expected reciprocity, subjective norm, and self-efficacy were explored. As the results of analysis, all the antecedents significantly influenced knowledge contribution. Interestingly, when the knowledge source's self-efficacy was high, the influence of expected reciprocity on knowledge contribution was decreased. Similarly, when the knowledge source's subjective norm for knowledge contribution was high, expected reciprocity's effect was weakened. This implies that when facilitating knowledge contribution, interaction effects among antecedents of knowledge contribution, as well as their direct effects, should be considered.

• 지식경영연구
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.75-91
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• 2002

This research is interested in organization members' knowledge contribution, along with the requirement for the effective knowledge management as a critical corporate asset. We consider the performance appraisal and reward system on knowledge sharing as a key issue for the successful knowledge management. Analyzed will be the interactive relationship among the performance appraisal and reward system, individual knowledge contribution, and organizational knowledge contribution effectiveness. This case study is based on in-depth interviews in the consulting industry recognized as a knowledge-integrated industry. The purpose of this research is to examine how firms evaluate and reward organization members' knowledge contribution, to define how fim1s utilize IT for the knowledge management, and to show how the performance appraisal and reward system influence organizational knowledge contribution effectiveness. Besides, other determinants for knowledge contribution effectiveness are defined. It is recognized that knowledge contribution effectiveness is positively related to non-monetary rewards and informal appraisals. As for the future study, we recommend the empirical research based on several propositions developed in this study.

• 정보관리학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.169-187
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• 2010

본 연구의 목적은 지식기여 활동의 영향요인을 분석하고, 지식기여 활성화 방안을 모색하는데 있다. 특히 본 연구에서는 공공부문을 대상으로 온라인에서의 지식기여와 오프라인에서의 지식기여 활동에 영향을 미치는 요인을 분석하고, 이를 통해 지식기여 활성화 방안을 제시하고자 하였다. 구조방정식 모형 분석을 통한 가설검증 결과, 온라인 지식기여와 오프라인 지식기여에 유의미한 영향을 미치는 요인으로는 지지적 리더십, 내재적 동기, 지식품질 등으로 나타났다. 이러한 분석결과를 토대로 본 연구에서는 지식기여 활성화를 위한 전략 및 함의를 제시하였다.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.53-74
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• 2012

A challenge in fostering virtual communities is the continuous supply of knowledge, namely members' willingness to contribute knowledge to their communities. Previous research argues that giving away knowledge eventually causes the possessors of that knowledge to lose their unique value to others, benefiting all except the contributor. Furthermore, communication within virtual communities involves a large number of participants with different social backgrounds and perspectives. The establishment of mutual understanding to comprehend conversations and foster knowledge contribution in virtual communities is inevitably more difficult than face-to-face communication in a small group. In spite of these arguments, evidence suggests that individuals in virtual communities do engage in social behaviors such as knowledge contribution. It is important to understand why individuals provide their valuable knowledge to other community members without a guarantee of returns. In virtual communities, knowledge is inherently rooted in individual members' experiences and expertise. This personal nature of knowledge requires social interactions between virtual community members for knowledge transfer. This study employs the social capital theory in order to account for interpersonal relationship factors and identity theory for individual and group factors that may affect knowledge contribution. First, social capital is the relationship capital which is embedded within the relationships among the participants in a network and available for use when it is needed. Social capital is a productive resource, facilitating individuals' actions for attainment. Nahapiet and Ghoshal (1997) identify three dimensions of social capital and explain theoretically how these dimensions affect the exchange of knowledge. Thus, social capital would be relevant to knowledge contribution in virtual communities. Second, existing research has addressed the importance of identity in facilitating knowledge contribution in a virtual context. Identity in virtual communities has been described as playing a vital role in the establishment of personal reputations and in the recognition of others. For instance, reputation systems that rate participants in terms of the quality of their contributions provide a readily available inventory of experts to knowledge seekers. Despite the growing interest in identities, however, there is little empirical research about how identities in the communities influence knowledge contribution. Therefore, the goal of this study is to better understand knowledge contribution by examining the roles of social capital and identity in virtual communities. Based on a theoretical framework of social capital and identity theory, we develop and test a theoretical model and evaluate our hypotheses. Specifically, we propose three variables such as cohesiveness, reciprocity, and commitment, referring to the social capital theory, as antecedents of knowledge contribution in virtual communities. We further posit that members with a strong identity (self-presentation and group identification) contribute more knowledge to virtual communities. We conducted a field study in order to validate our research model. We collected data from 192 members of virtual communities and used the PLS method to analyse the data. The tests of the measurement model confirm that our data set has appropriate discriminant and convergent validity. The results of testing the structural model show that cohesion, reciprocity, and self-presentation significantly influence knowledge contribution, while commitment and group identification do not significantly influence knowledge contribution. Our findings on cohesion and reciprocity are consistent with the previous literature. Contrary to our expectations, commitment did not significantly affect knowledge contribution in virtual communities. This result may be due to the fact that knowledge contribution was voluntary in the virtual communities in our sample. Another plausible explanation for this result may be the self-selection bias for the survey respondents, who are more likely to contribute their knowledge to virtual communities. The relationship between self-presentation and knowledge contribution was found to be significant in virtual communities, supporting the results of prior literature. Group identification did not significantly affect knowledge contribution in this study, inconsistent with the wealth of research that identifies group identification as an important factor for knowledge sharing. This conflicting result calls for future research that examines the role of group identification in knowledge contribution in virtual communities. This study makes a contribution to theory development in the area of knowledge management in general and virtual communities in particular. For practice, the results of this study identify the circumstances under which individual factors would be effective for motivating knowledge contribution to virtual communities.

• 지식경영연구
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.105-119
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• 2009

This study addresses the following questions : how does organization citizenship behavior(OCB) affect knowledge contribution in online communities? does the antecedents of OCB, cohesiveness and affection similarity, influence knowledge contribution in online communities? In order to test our hypotheses with an empirical study, we have conducted a survey which resulted in 192 valid response in the final sample. The PLS analysis results indicate that OCB affects knowledge contribution and coherence and affection similarity of online community users have influence on OCB. Further, knowledge contribution is influenced by community users' affection similarity. Practical implications of these findings and future research implications are also discussed.

• 한국경영과학회지
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.73-88
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• 2012

This study examines the role of perceived feedback and motivations on the use for contribution in Knowledge Management Systems (KMS). An individual expects responses from others when he or she posts the knowledge or questions of soliciting knowledge in KMS. If an individual posts a message and there are many responses, motivation to use KMS will develop. Prior research has considered feedback a potential factor that would affect an individual's motivation, such as self-efficacy, but there is few prior works that have tested empirically on how feedback can influence an individual's motivations as well as the use for contribution in KMS. Perceived feedback can be categorized into feedback on posted knowledge and feedback on knowledge request postings. The results of the study show that motivations such as organizational reward, knowledge self-efficacy, and enjoyment of helping, except for social reward, are associated with the use for contribution. Our results also show that among perceived feedback, feedback on posted knowledge affects motivation and use for contribution while feedback on knowledge request postings directly influences the use for contribution.

• 경영정보학연구
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.113-135
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• 2004

본 연구는 조직구성원의 지식기여도를 객관적으로 측정하기 위한 평가항목 및 각 항목의 가중치를 개발하고자 하는 연구이다. 평가항목의 개발을 위해 연역적 방법과 가중치 개발을 위해 델파이 기법이 각각 사용되었다. 평가항목의 도출을 위해 우선 '지식기여'에 대하여 정의를 내리는 것으로 출발하였다. 도출된 정의를 기초로, 지식기여의 형태는 크게 형식적 기여와 암묵적 기여로 구분되었다. 형식적 기여는 기여하는 지식의 내용에 따라 사실지와 방법지로 구분되었다. 사실지는 구체적으로 방법지 산출물과 기타 사실지로, 방법지는 방법지 매뉴얼과 체득된 방법지로 구분되었다. 암묵적 기여는 암묵성 정도에 따라 대리, 시범, 질의응답(Q&A) 세가지로 구분되었다. 7가지 지식기여 요소에 대한 평가는 양적 측면과질적 측면에서 이루어졌다. 본 연구는 조직구성원의 지식기여의 활동결과는 지식관리시스템(KMS)에 저장되는 것을 전제로 하고 있다. 지식관리시스템 상에서의 형식적 기여의 경우 양적인 평가에서는 게시건수 혹은 수행건수로, 질적인 평가에서의 평가는 조회건수나 만족도 평가, 요청 받은 건수 등으로 측정하였다. 이상과 같이 연역적 방법에 의해 평가요소 및 평가항목들을 개발하고 각 평가항목들에 대한 가중치분석을 위해 전체를 100으로 하였을 때의 각 항목의 가중치를 정하기 위해 전문가들의 의견을 조합하는 델파이기법이 사용되었다. 델파이 결과, 형식적 기여 차원과 암묵적 기여 차원에 동일한 가중치가 부여되었으며, 형식적 기여차원에서는 사실지 보다는 방법지에 가중치가 좀더 부여되었고, 암묵지 기여 차원에서는 질의응답 - 시범 - 대리의 순으로 가중치가 부여되었다. 이를 통해 '타인의 지식 획득과 활용에 도움을 주는 지식기여행위가 되기 위해서는 어떤 형태로든 지식 제공자와 지식 수여자간의 밀접한 상호작용이 높아야 하며, 제공자의 지식이 타인에게 빠르게 그리고 잘 전달될 수록 지식기여도가 높다'라는 결론이 도출되었다. 본 연구는 지식기여 활동에 대한 평가 지표를 마련하였다는 점에서 의의가 크다 하겠으나, 업종별이나 산업별로 세분화된 평가 지표 마련에는 미흡하였다. 또한 항후 지식 경영을 도입하여 시행한 연수에 비추어서 평가 항목별 가중치를 부여를 할 수 있다면 보다 정교한 평가도구의 제공이 될 수 있을 것으로 보인다.

• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.117-132
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• 2021

Based on the core value of the Q&A community, the contribution of knowledge and information has a great impact on users' community evaluation. As a small social group, the relationships and interactions among community members are quickly formed through information technology. As such, the cognitive evaluation of the relationship between community members will have an impact on the intention of information contribution. This research builds on the previous research based on the social exchange theory and establishes a dual model of swift guanxi in examining the relationship between guanxi and continuous knowledge contribution. In the current study, 305 survey questionnaires were used and 249 valid questionnaires were used for analysis. The analysis results are as follows: First, information support has a positive impact on dedication-based swift guanxi. While hypothesis between information support and constraint-based swift guanxi was not be supported. Second, emotional support has a positive impact on the formation of swift guanxi from a dual perspective. Third, the swift guanxi from the dual perspective has a positive impact on the intention of continuous knowledge contribution. Finally, although personal involvement has an adjustment effect, it is a downward adjustment effect, hypotheses are not supported. The current study offers theoretical and practical implications in field of knowledge management, specifically knowledge contribution in the virtual community.

• 한국경영과학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.1-27
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• 2009

Since online knowledge networks usually consist of a larger, loosely knit, and geographically distributed group of "strangers" who may not know each other very well, members may not willingly share their knowledge with others. In order to address this challenge, this study looks Into the factors that are expected to affect knowledge sharing in an online knowledge network. For empirical validation, we choose "the global network of Korean scientists and engineers (KOSEN)" as one of the best practices of online knowledge networks. By using the archival, network, and survey data, we validate two models of knowledge sharing in sequence (i.e., knowledge contribution and knowledge utilization models) and then discuss the results. The findings of this study show that individuals not only contribute but also utilize knowledge in an online knowledge network when they are structurally embedded and perceive a strong reciprocity. In the network. In addition, taking pleasure in helping is found to positively affect knowledge contribution, whereas perceiving usefulness is found to Influence knowledge utilization. Contributions of this study and future research opportunities are also discussed.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.418-443
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• 2023

Many organizations facilitate a host of online knowledge sharing communities to assist internal knowledge sharing and operation. The permeable boundaries and voluntary structures of online communities allow individuals to span community boundaries and affect member resources and structures. Although much research has been done on members' knowledge contribution in online communities, relatively little is known about how a member's contribution to a community is shaped by the cross-level interactions of member's external boundary spanning and the community's environmental scanning or membership fluidity. Drawing from the theoretical lens of boundary spanning and the external view of online communities, we take a multi-level approach in the analysis of the activities of 1,992 members of 126 communities internal to a global company. We find that a member's external boundary spanning activity (e.g., external knowledge acquisition via reading posts) has a positive effect, though at a decreasing rate, on subsequent internal knowledge contribution (e.g., posting replies in the member's home community). This positive effect is stronger in communities that are more active in environmental scanning or have fluid membership and weaker in communities that are less active in environmental scanning or have stable membership.