The Impact of Social Capital Competition and Social Distance towards Online Knowledge Sharing Behavior

Abstract

Basing on warm-glow giving theory (Andreoni 1990) this study tries to investigate the influence of social capital competition and social distance on knowledge sharing behavior Experimental study utilizing z-Tree (Fischbacher 2007) was done using a programmed modified dictator game called knowledge sharing game The results indicated significant predictive ability through the availability of social capital and competition while social distance was not a significant predictor of knowledge sharing behavior

Date of Award	2016 Feb 4
Original language	English
Supervisor	Wei-Shiun Chang (Supervisor)