 Determinants of knowledge sharing of e-learnersChung-Chu Liu and Shiou-Yu Chen International Journal of Innovation and Learning, 2005, vol. 2, issue 4, 434-445 Abstract: This paper is intended to identify the determinants of knowledge sharing of e-learners and their behavioural differences during the same process under demographical characteristics. Qualitative and open-ended responses to questions were collected from 29 e-learners. Content analysis of those open-ended responses showed that there are 215 themes. And we condense these themes into four dimensions: senders' factors, receivers' factors, context factors and characteristics of knowledge. Some key factors founded by this research, which indeed influence the knowledge sharing behaviour, are stated as follows: senders' factors: personality, emotion, capability; receivers' factor: dislike, attitude, personality; context factors: competitive situation, time pressure, contribution; characteristics of knowledge: "private or secret", "interesting or issues", "valuable". This unique analyses framework and valuable findings of our present research offer a good beginning for advanced investigation of the knowledge sharing, one of the most important issues in the digital era. Keywords: knowledge sharing; content analysis; innovation; learning; e-learning; online learning. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijilea:v:2:y:2005:i:4:p:434-445 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Journal of Innovation and Learning from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
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