Motivation and barriers to participation in virtual knowledge-sharing communities of practice

By Alexander Ardichvili, Vaughn Page, Tim L. Wentling. Journal of Knowledge Management, 2003

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Subfields: Communication, Computer Science Applications, Strategy and Management

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Explaining Knowledge Sharing (2006, background): “Ardichvili, Page, and Wentling (2003) for instance, note that knowledge sharing consists of both the supply of new knowledge and the demand for new knowledge.”
Determinants Of Knowledge Sharing Behaviors: Developing And Testing An Integrated Theoretical Model (2006, background): “…Hall, 2001; Hlupic et al, 2002), to soft issues such as motivations and provision of incentives to encourage knowledge sharing (Bock et al.,2005; Ardichvili et al., 2003; Hall, 2001; Hinds and Pfeffer, 2003), organizational culture, personal values and self-identities (Jarvenpaa and Staples,…”
Approaches for Organizational Learning: A Literature Review (2018, background): “Ardichvili, Page, and Wentling (2003); Brazelton and Gorry (2003); Brown and Duguid (1991); Davenport and Prusak (1998); Dewhurst and Cegarra-Navarro (2004); du Plessis (2008); Krishnaveni and Sujatha (2012); Lave and Wenger (1991); Mestad, Myrdal, Dingsøyr, and Dybå (2007); Pavlin (2006);…”
An Integrative Model for Knowledge Sharing in Communities-of-Practice (2011, background): “, threat to job security, risk of exposing one’s weakness) (Wasko and Faraj, 2000; Ardichvilli et al., 2003).”
Understanding consumer intention to participate in online travel community and effects on consumer intention to purchase travel online and WOM: An integration of innovation diffusion theory and TAM with trust (2016, positive): “Members' participation has been acknowledged as both the key resource and the biggest challenge for the survival of online communities (Ardichvili, 2008; Ardichvili, Page, & Wentling, 2003; Butler, 2001; Chiu, Hsu, & Wang, 2006; Hsu et al., 2007; Park & Yang, 2012; Wasko & Faraj, 2005).”
Knowledge Sharing: Influences of Trust, Commitment and Cost (2012, methodology): “These items were based on knowledge sharing impediments reported in the literature (Ardichvilli et al., 2003; Chua and Lam, 2005; Connelly and Kelloway, 2003; Riege, 2005; Szulanski, 1996).”
Understanding knowledge sharing in virtual communities: An integration of social capital and social cognitive theories (2006, background): “Virtual communities are informal entities, which exist in the minds of their members, and are glued together by the connections the members have with each other, and by their specific shared problems or areas of interest [6].”
Differences in sharing knowledge interpersonally and via databases: The role of evaluation apprehension and perceived benefits (2006, background): “For example, Ardichvili, Page, and Wentling ( 2003 ) investigated factors affecting knowledge sharing in virtual communities of practice.”
Goal Orientation and Innovative Performance: The Mediating Roles of Knowledge Sharing and Perceived Autonomy (2012, background): “First, as mentioned before, people are reluctant to share knowledge (Ardichvili et al., 2003) because of the extra effort needed and the worry of losing personal competitiveness (Lu et al.”
Information-sharing in public organizations: A literature review of interpersonal, intra-organizational and inter-organizational success factors (2011, background): “Furthermore, the fear of incurring criticism because of possible inaccurate and irrelevant information also affects the cost/benefit equation (Ardichvill et al., 2003).”