Affordances for the sharing of domain-specific knowledge on enterprise social media

L. G. Pee

doi:10.1007/978-981-13-1056-0_59

Affordances for the sharing of domain-specific knowledge on enterprise social media

L. G. Pee^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Nanyang Technological University

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Abstract

Despite the general belief that enterprise social media (ESM) transcend traditional boundaries and offer access to knowledge in various domains, there has been a lack of understanding and empirical evidence for employees’ willingness to expend the effort to share such knowledge when approached. This research-in-progress proposes that employees would be more willing to share domain-specific knowledge if they perceive the relevant ESM affordances for reducing the effort of codifying such knowledge. Preliminary results of a survey indicate that perceiving the affordance of visibility increases employees’ willingness to share domain-specific knowledge, but the affordance of editability does not have a significant effect. Implications of the findings for research and practice are discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Information Science and Applications 2018 - ICISA 2018
Editors	Kuinam J. Kim, Kuinam J. Kim, Nakhoon Baek
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	607-613
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Print)	9789811310553
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1056-0_59
Publication status	Published - 2019
Externally published	Yes
Event	International Conference on Information Science and Applications, ICISA 2018 - Kowloon, Hong Kong Duration: Jun 25 2018 → Jun 27 2018

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
Volume	514
ISSN (Print)	1876-1100
ISSN (Electronic)	1876-1119

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Information Science and Applications, ICISA 2018
Country/Territory	Hong Kong
City	Kowloon
Period	6/25/18 → 6/27/18

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© 2019, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Keywords

Affordance
Knowledge sharing
Social media

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Pee, LG 2019, Affordances for the sharing of domain-specific knowledge on enterprise social media. in KJ Kim, KJ Kim & N Baek (eds), Information Science and Applications 2018 - ICISA 2018. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol. 514, Springer Verlag, pp. 607-613, International Conference on Information Science and Applications, ICISA 2018, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 6/25/18. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1056-0_59

Affordances for the sharing of domain-specific knowledge on enterprise social media. / Pee, L. G.
Information Science and Applications 2018 - ICISA 2018. ed. / Kuinam J. Kim; Kuinam J. Kim; Nakhoon Baek. Springer Verlag, 2019. p. 607-613 (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering; Vol. 514).

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