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142. Hocevar, K. P.,
Abeyta, A. & Rice, R. E. (2020). Chapter 21. Motivations for online
knowledge sharing. In S.
J.
Yates & R. E. Rice (Eds.), The Oxford
handbook of digital technology and society (pp. 573-604). New York,
NY: Oxford
University
Press.
Online
knowledge sharing systems (KSS)
allow individuals to share and retrieve information across geographic
and
temporal boundaries. Generally,
individuals? use of these information repositories is voluntary, so
scholars
have examined the motivating factors underlying the use of KSS.
Integrating
research from diverse disciplines, this chapter provides a
comprehensive review
of extant research in this area. To begin, we provide the review?s
framework
and define key concepts. We then broadly
categorize motivations for knowledge sharing as self- or other-oriented
and
summarize research on the primary motivations within each category.
Subsequently, we review several contextual factors that modify the
relationships between motivations and online knowledge sharing. To
close, we
reflect on the review material, generating several areas for future
research.
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