Print Email Facebook Twitter Exploration of multi-layered knowledge sharing participation: the roles of perceived benefits and costs Title Exploration of multi-layered knowledge sharing participation: the roles of perceived benefits and costs Author Sedighi, M. (TU Delft Economics of Technology and Innovation; TU Delft System Engineering) van Splunter, S. (TU Delft System Engineering) Brazier, F.M. (TU Delft System Engineering) van Beers, Cees (TU Delft Economics of Technology and Innovation) Lukosch, S.G. (TU Delft System Engineering) Date 2016 Abstract This paper explores participants’ perceived benefits and costs that influence the quantity and the quality of voluntary participation in knowledge networks in a resources-constrained economy. A conceptual model of perceived benefits and costs of knowledge sharing is designed on the basis of literature. The influence of perceived benefit and cost on perceived quantity and quality of knowledge sharing are assessed on the basis of a survey with 283 participants in a business context within a resource-restrained economy. The results indicate that reputation, reciprocity, and altruism are perceived to benefit quantity of participation, while reciprocity, altruism, and knowledge self-efficacy are perceived to benefit the quality of participation in knowledge networks. Effort and time have a negative impact on both quantity and quality of participation in knowledge sharing. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:92589563-7d57-4415-9bca-f1c5da9b71f9 DOI https://doi.org/10.1108/JKM-01-2016-0044 Access restriction Campus only ISSN 1367-3270 Source Journal of Knowledge Management, 20 (6) Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2016 M. Sedighi, S. van Splunter, F.M. Brazier, Cees van Beers, S.G. Lukosch Files PDF Post_print_version_Sedighi.pdf 626.49 KB PDF JKM_01_2016_0044.pdf 1.45 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:92589563-7d57-4415-9bca-f1c5da9b71f9/datastream/OBJ1/view