Title: Drivers for knowledge sharing: propositions for the role of motivational differences

Authors: Suzanne C. Beckmann

Addresses: Copenhagen Business School, Department of Marketing, Solbjerg Plads 3, DK – 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark

Abstract: Knowledge governance aims at managing knowledge processes in and across organisations. The majority of the literature is concerned with determining and evaluating the appropriate structures and mechanisms, yet very little research effort has looked into the psychological predispositions of willingness to share knowledge. This conceptual paper takes its starting point in motivational psychology, more specifically self-determination theory and its concept of causality orientations, in order to derive three main propositions concerning individual response patterns to knowledge governance.

Keywords: causality orientations; self-determination theory; knowledge sharing; knowledge governance; knowledge management; psychological predisposition; motivational psychology; individual response patterns; motivation; change management.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSCM.2009.024512

International Journal of Strategic Change Management, 2009 Vol.1 No.3, pp.239 - 249

Published online: 07 Apr 2009 *

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