Abstract
This article focuses on social collaboration in online communities and examines how users' altruism affects their knowledge sharing behavior. This article proposes an other-regarding conceptualization of altruism based on the Utility Interdependence Theory of Voluntarism. Awareness of the community's knowledge need is hypothesized to dampen one's free-riding tendency and strengthen knowledge sharing intention. Data from a survey of 100 users of an online community supported the hypotheses. The findings extend our understanding of knowledge sharing by looking beyond egoistic factors and open up several new lines of inquiry that focus on other-regarding factors.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 19th International Conference on Advanced Communications Technology |
| Subtitle of host publication | Opening Era of Smart Society, ICACT 2017 - Proceeding |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
| Pages | 844-846 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9788996865094 |
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| Publication status | Published - Mar 29 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 19th International Conference on Advanced Communications Technology, ICACT 2017 - Pyeongchang, Korea, Republic of Duration: Feb 19 2017 → Feb 22 2017 |
Publication series
| Name | International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology, ICACT |
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| ISSN (Print) | 1738-9445 |
Conference
| Conference | 19th International Conference on Advanced Communications Technology, ICACT 2017 |
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| Country/Territory | Korea, Republic of |
| City | Pyeongchang |
| Period | 2/19/17 → 2/22/17 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2017 Global IT Research Institute - GiRI.
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Keywords
- Altruism
- Community
- Knowledge sharing
- Social collaboration