ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of Confucian values, social fear and organizational knowledge sharing culture on the knowledge sharing intention of Information Systems (IS) professionals in an East Asian context. We surveyed 187 professionals working in IS in South Korean companies and applied partial least squares structural equation modeling for testing our hypotheses. The results show that Confucian values negatively influence knowledge sharing intention by increasing social fear. Conversely, knowledge sharing culture enhances knowledge sharing intention directly, and by mitigating the negative effects of Confucian values and social fear. Thus, while individuals’ reluctance to share knowledge has been conceptualized as a rational cost-benefit process in a Western context, our study shows that negative emotions and the underlying values, which stimulate these emotions, influence knowledge sharing intention in an East Asian context.

摘要

本研究的目的是检验儒家价值观、社会恐惧和组织知识共享文化对东亚背景下信息系统 (IS) 专业人员的知识共享意愿的影响。我们调查了在韩国公司从事信息系统工作的 187 名专业人员，并应用偏最小二乘结构方程模型来检验我们的假设。结果表明，儒家价值观通过增加社会恐惧对知识共享意愿产生负面影响。相反，知识共享文化通过减轻儒家价值观和社会恐惧的负面影响，直接增强了知识共享意愿。因此，虽然个人不愿分享知识在西方背景下已被概念化为一种合理的成本收益过程，