Factors affecting knowledge sharing in the virtual organisation: employees' sense of well-being as a mediating effect

In view of the importance of employees' knowledge sharing, this research, which draws on social capital theory and employees' sense of well-being, develops a comprehensive theoretical model which aims to explore deeply the mediating impact of employees' sense of well-being on social c...

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Main Authors:	Hao-Fan Chumg, Louise Cooke, Jenny Fry, I-Hua Hung
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Published:	2015
Subjects:	Other commerce, management, tourism and services not elsewhere classified Information systems not elsewhere classified Knowledge-sharing behaviour Partial least squares (PLS) Sense of well-being Social capital Information Systems Business and Management not elsewhere classified
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/2134/16854
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spelling	rr-article-95051782015-01-01T00:00:00Z Factors affecting knowledge sharing in the virtual organisation: employees' sense of well-being as a mediating effect Hao-Fan Chumg (7174505) Louise Cooke (1252065) Jenny Fry (1248396) I-Hua Hung (7200107) Other commerce, management, tourism and services not elsewhere classified Information systems not elsewhere classified Knowledge-sharing behaviour Partial least squares (PLS) Sense of well-being Social capital Information Systems Business and Management not elsewhere classified In view of the importance of employees' knowledge sharing, this research, which draws on social capital theory and employees' sense of well-being, develops a comprehensive theoretical model which aims to explore deeply the mediating impact of employees' sense of well-being on social capital and the contribution of knowledge in the complex context of a virtual organisation. The quantitative approach was conducted at a virtual organisation of Taiwanese NGOs. 135 valid questionnaires were distributed and retrieved personally; subsequently these were analysed using partial least squares (PLS). The findings revealed that employees' sense of well-being improved considerably when they demonstrated stronger levels of social capital tendency. Meanwhile, employees increasingly contributed, not only their tacit but also their explicit knowledge, when they experienced a greater sense of well-being. Even more surprisingly, the results showed that employees' sense of well-being played a positively and pivotally mediating role in the relationship between social capital and employees' tacit and explicit knowledge-sharing behaviour in the virtual organisation. These suggest that managers within virtual organisations urgently need strategies to create an ambiance in which employees can feel a sense of well-being in order to enhance their willingness to share both their explicit and tacit knowledge. 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Text Journal contribution 2134/16854 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Factors_affecting_knowledge_sharing_in_the_virtual_organisation_employees_sense_of_well-being_as_a_mediating_effect/9505178 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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topic	Other commerce, management, tourism and services not elsewhere classified Information systems not elsewhere classified Knowledge-sharing behaviour Partial least squares (PLS) Sense of well-being Social capital Information Systems Business and Management not elsewhere classified
spellingShingle	Other commerce, management, tourism and services not elsewhere classified Information systems not elsewhere classified Knowledge-sharing behaviour Partial least squares (PLS) Sense of well-being Social capital Information Systems Business and Management not elsewhere classified Hao-Fan Chumg Louise Cooke Jenny Fry I-Hua Hung Factors affecting knowledge sharing in the virtual organisation: employees' sense of well-being as a mediating effect
description	In view of the importance of employees' knowledge sharing, this research, which draws on social capital theory and employees' sense of well-being, develops a comprehensive theoretical model which aims to explore deeply the mediating impact of employees' sense of well-being on social capital and the contribution of knowledge in the complex context of a virtual organisation. The quantitative approach was conducted at a virtual organisation of Taiwanese NGOs. 135 valid questionnaires were distributed and retrieved personally; subsequently these were analysed using partial least squares (PLS). The findings revealed that employees' sense of well-being improved considerably when they demonstrated stronger levels of social capital tendency. Meanwhile, employees increasingly contributed, not only their tacit but also their explicit knowledge, when they experienced a greater sense of well-being. Even more surprisingly, the results showed that employees' sense of well-being played a positively and pivotally mediating role in the relationship between social capital and employees' tacit and explicit knowledge-sharing behaviour in the virtual organisation. These suggest that managers within virtual organisations urgently need strategies to create an ambiance in which employees can feel a sense of well-being in order to enhance their willingness to share both their explicit and tacit knowledge.
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author	Hao-Fan Chumg Louise Cooke Jenny Fry I-Hua Hung
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title	Factors affecting knowledge sharing in the virtual organisation: employees' sense of well-being as a mediating effect
title_short	Factors affecting knowledge sharing in the virtual organisation: employees' sense of well-being as a mediating effect
title_full	Factors affecting knowledge sharing in the virtual organisation: employees' sense of well-being as a mediating effect
title_fullStr	Factors affecting knowledge sharing in the virtual organisation: employees' sense of well-being as a mediating effect
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Factors affecting knowledge sharing in the virtual organisation: employees' sense of well-being as a mediating effect

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