Contextual Variables and Knowledge Sharing

Prescott C. Ensign

Chapter 5 in Knowledge Sharing among Scientists, 2009, pp 95-122 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This chapter examines the relationship between contextual variables, which serve as a standard of comparison, and the dependent variable knowledge-sharing occurrence. This chapter provides a point of reference for hypothesis testing conducted in chapter 6, where models are finalized and relationships among variables further explored. Descriptive statistics form the basis for analysis of relationships among variables in this chapter. Exploring the impact of individual baseline variables on the dichotomous variable—sharing of scientific know-how—is undertaken systematically. Figure 5.1 depicts the general classes for the variables of interest.

Keywords: Knowledge Sharing; Contextual Variable; Technological Knowledge; Preclinical Research; Pharmaceutical Scientist (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230617131_5

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