Purpose

The purpose of this study is to identify and explain the role of motivation in facilitating knowledge sharing (KS). This study explains the connection between “motivation” and “knowledge sharing” or KS. Research finding offers significant theoretical and practical suggestions. Theoretically, the study provides clarity on various motivation theories and important constructs in KS.

Design/methodology/approach

This research reviews the literature on knowledge management in detail along with other published works. A search was conducted using online databases on the Web of Science (WoS) and Google Scholar. An analysis was done with the help of qualitative software NVivo 12 to critically analyze literature.

Findings

This theoretical review offers a retrospective view of theories, context, methods, antecedents or enablers to understand the motivation theories used in knowledge sharing research and provides a guideline for upcoming researches to contemplate and examine numerous motivation theories and also choose the most significant motivation theory and their construct in the researches on KS.

Originality/value

This theoretical review contributes toward knowledge sharing and motivation literature. There are no reviews on knowledge sharing relating to contemporary motivational theories to the best of our knowledge.

中文翻译：

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激励理论在知识共享中的作用：综合理论评论和未来研究议程

目的

本研究的目的是确定和解释动机在促进知识共享 (KS) 中的作用。这项研究解释了“动机”和“知识共享”或 KS 之间的联系。研究发现提供了重要的理论和实践建议。从理论上讲，该研究明确了 KS 中的各种动机理论和重要结构。

设计/方法/方法

本研究详细回顾了知识管理方面的文献以及其他已发表的著作。使用 Web of Science (WoS) 和 Google Scholar 上的在线数据库进行了搜索。分析是在定性软件 NVivo 12 的帮助下完成的，以批判性地分析文献。

发现

这篇理论评论提供了理论、背景、方法、前因或促成因素的回顾性观点，以理解知识共享研究中使用的动机理论，并为即将进行的研究提供指导，以思考和检验众多的动机理论，并选择最重要的动机理论和他们在KS研究中的构建。

原创性/价值

这篇理论评论有助于知识共享和动机文献。据我们所知，目前还没有关于与当代激励理论相关的知识共享的评论。