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USING WEB 2.0 TO SHARE KNOWLEDGE OF CONSTRUCTION SAFETY: THE FABLE OF ECONOMIC ANIMALS
Author(s) -
Li Rita Yi Man,
Poon Sun Wah
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0270.2010.02053.x
Subject(s) - fable , face (sociological concept) , knowledge management , knowledge sharing , falling (accident) , intrinsic motivation , web of science , business , computer science , marketing , psychology , social psychology , sociology , political science , medline , social science , geography , archaeology , psychiatry , law
Gone are the days when knowledge sharing depended solely on face‐to‐face meetings. With the help of Web 2.0, rapid and dynamic cross‐border knowledge sharing among construction safety researchers has become possible. Nevertheless, empirical observation has shown that researchers are falling behind the curve. Generally speaking, there are two major types of motivations: intrinsic and extrinsic. Introducing extrinsic motivators on top of intrinsic motivators can produce better results than relying solely on intrinsic motivation.