Understanding knowledge sharing intention in optometry practices: Examining the roles of extrinsic and intrinsic motivation

Ming Tien Tsai, Kun Shiang Chen

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Abstract

According the modern optometry industrial develop, the optometry employee in order to face the emerging turbulent environment, need to rely on information and knowledge from all aspects to operate for highly competitive optometry business domain, that is relate to the organization survive and remain invincible key factors. Therefore, prior study [1] believed that exploring the employee's professional knowledge how to interflow and whether willing to sharing expert experience to colleagues or not, that is important issue of the organizational knowledge management activity. This study examines employed for optometry industrial have professional capability worker include optometrist and opticians who antecedents influence to share professional knowledge for co-worker behavior intentions. Data gathered from 198 optometry industrial employees were employed to examine the relationships. The results indicate that organizational climate and self-efficacy have indirect effects knowledge sharing intention, while individual's knowledge sharing attitude and knowledge sharing subjective norm have direct effects knowledge sharing intention.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)900-902
Number of pages3
JournalLife Science Journal
Volume9
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - 2012

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology

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