Compilation and Application of the Scale of Sustainable Knowledge Sharing Willingness in Virtual Academic Community During the Times of the Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19)

Abstract

With the outbreak of COVID-19, many offline academic activities have been turned online, and virtual academic communities have been further emphasized. Based on this situation, this study took the Eagly and Chaiken’s Heuristic-System Model of Persuasion and the general rules of behavioral decision as a theoretical basis, established a theoretical model of sustainable knowledge sharing willingness in virtual academic communities. Firstly, this study developed the scale of willingness to share sustainable knowledge based on the heuristic system model of persuasion. After analyzing the data of 62 participants, the scale was revised. Secondly, 256 valid data were collected from China, the United States, Singapore, and Indonesia. Finally, the conceptual model and theoretical hypothesis were tested based on the data. The results show that knowledge sharing satisfaction is affected by heuristic factors (knowledge sharing quantity, knowledge source credibility) and system factors (knowledge sharing quality, knowledge sharing usefulness), and has a significant positive correlation with sustainable knowledge sharing willingness.

Differential effect of age in academia: a three-way interaction effect of age, technological aids and knowledge sharing on research output

“…, 2021). While studying the moderating effect of age on the relationship between an employee’ psychological state and KS, Chen et al. (2021) found out that with aging, the employee psychological state had a reduced effect on knowledge collecting and donating.…”

“…The literature recognizes age as an important factor in determining the relationship between employees' psychological state and workplace behavior (Sammarra et al, 2021). While studying the moderating effect of age on the relationship between an employee' psychological state and KS, Chen et al (2021) found out that with aging, the employee psychological state had a reduced effect on knowledge collecting and donating. But the current study proposes that with age, individuals tend to share more quality information which may enhance their output.…”

Determinants of Preschool Teachers’ Knowledge-Sharing Behavior from a Thinking Style Perspective

“…With the development of information technology [ 12 ], new digital resource environments, such as online learning, have gradually formed and matured [ 13 ]. Internet knowledge sharing has been more effective in helping teachers solve various problems [ 7 ] and in improving their teaching and research skills [ 4 ].…”

Defensive Silence, Defensive Voice, Knowledge Hiding, and Counterproductive Work Behavior Through the Lens of Stimulus-Organism-Response

“…Academic knowledge workers in academic institutions are often involved in high intensive knowledge activities (Ghani et al, 2020). The main factors that formed knowledge hiding initially become urgent problems to be reckoned with, which would foster greater knowledge interactivity to enhance both sustainable academic and research performance (Chen et al, 2021). Despite this, there was rare research which reveals knowledge hiding toward counterproductive work behavior being fully implemented by knowledge workers.…”