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Retracted: Critical Human Factor Evaluation of Knowledge Sharing Intention in Taiwanese Enterprises
Author(s) -
Chen ChengWu,
Chang MinLi,
Tseng ChunPin,
Chen BoChen,
Chang Yevvon YiChi
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
human factors and ergonomics in manufacturing and service industries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.408
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1520-6564
pISSN - 1090-8471
DOI - 10.1002/hfm.20300
Subject(s) - knowledge sharing , knowledge management , business , relation (database) , interpersonal communication , population , investment (military) , knowledge creation , marketing , psychology , computer science , sociology , political science , social psychology , demography , database , politics , law , downstream (manufacturing)
Abstract Knowledge management (KM) is important in the Taiwan business world. Only 0.1% of SMEs, however, have been guided by the Small and Medium Enterprise Administration (SMEA) to introduce knowledge management from 1993 through 2008. The population of KM‐implementing SMEs is low. The climate of knowledge sharing has been recognized as the critical factor to successful KM. According to the research results obtained in this study, relation‐based motivation is positively related to one's intention to share knowledge. Individual workers can have increased relation‐based motivation to become leaders of SMEs building the culture of interpersonal trust and offering group‐based reward mechanisms in an organization. This research can help business managers to identify the motivational elements that can encourage investment and propose pragmatic suggestions for introducing initiatives to reinvigorate the number of SMEs implementing KM in Taiwan. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.