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Li Jinyang - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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knowledge sharing in virtual communities a social Exchange Theory perspective
Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management, 2015Co-Authors: Li JinyangAbstract:Purpose: The author tried to identify the knowledge sharing behaviors on the internet, using structural equation modeling methods, proposing a model based on social Exchange Theory in which share willingness, trust, reciprocity, altruism tended to have impact on people’s knowledge sharing behaviors in virtual communities. Design/methodology/a pproach: We presented an empirical research which integrated social Exchange Theory and structural equation modeling methods to analyze several important factors influencing members’ knowledge sharing behaviors in virtual communities. Findings: We analyzed the knowledge sharing behaviors in virtual communities. We found that members’ altruism can not predict knowledge sharing behaviors. We also found that members’ sharing willingness is the most important factor on virtual community knowledge sharing behaviors compared with trust, reciprocity and altruism. Originality/v alue: From the perspective of social Exchange Theory, we did empirical test and verified the proposed research model by using structural equation modeling methods. Our finding can help recognize people’s incentive about knowledge sharing.
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study of knowledge sharing in virtual communities from the perspective of social Exchange Theory
Information Sciences, 2013Co-Authors: Li JinyangAbstract:In order to explore the knowledge sharing behaviors in the virtual communities,this study pro posed the social Exchange Theory to construct a model for investigating the motivations behind people's knowledge sharing in virtual communities.The study holds that the facets of share willingness,trust,reci procity,altruism will influence individuals' knowledge sharing in virtual communities.Using 201 survey data empirically test the research model by structural equation model.The results of this paper help to identify the motivation of individuals' knowledge sharing behavior in virtual communities.
Dov Zohar - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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beyond safety outcomes an investigation of the impact of safety climate on job satisfaction employee engagement and turnover using social Exchange Theory as the theoretical framework
Applied Ergonomics, 2016Co-Authors: Yuenghsiang Huang, Anna C Mcfadden, Lauren A Murphy, Michelle M Robertson, Janelle H Cheung, Dov ZoharAbstract:Safety climate, a measure of the degree to which safety is perceived by employees to be a priority in their company, is often implicated as a key factor in the promotion of injury-reducing behavior and safe work environments. Using social Exchange Theory as a theoretical basis, this study hypothesized that safety climate would be related to employees' job satisfaction, engagement, and turnover rate, highlighting the beneficial effects of safety climate beyond typical safety outcomes. Survey data were collected from 6207 truck drivers from two U.S. trucking companies. The objective turnover rate was collected one year after the survey data collection. Results showed that employees' safety climate perceptions were linked to employees' level of job satisfaction, engagement, and objective turnover rate, thus supporting the application of social Exchange Theory. Job satisfaction was also a significant mediator between safety climate and the two human resource outcomes (i.e., employee engagement and turnover rate). This study is among the first to assess the impact of safety climate beyond safety outcomes among lone workers (using truck drivers as an exemplar).
Sherry D Ryan - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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turnover intention of technology professionals a social Exchange Theory perspective
Journal of Computer Information Systems, 2018Co-Authors: Gina Harden, Kwabena G Boakye, Sherry D RyanAbstract:ABSTRACTRetaining skilled professionals is a critical concern for organizations because employee turnover can affect the quality of service provided by the organization and create considerable expense. Using a framework of social Exchange Theory, this study develops a model to investigate the interrelationships between turnover intentions, organizational commitment, and constructs of particular importance to information technology (IT) professionals. Field survey data from a large US federal agency empirically test these associations. The results confirm that IT professionals’ perceptions of their skill obsolescence, work overload, and the fairness of the rewards they receive directly influence their organizational commitment. Furthermore, their organizational commitment, perceived work overload, and fairness of rewards significantly affect turnover intention. Employees’ commitment toward the organization is an essential mediator between the perception that their skills are becoming obsolete and intention...
Edna Rabenu - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the new era workplace relationships is social Exchange Theory still relevant
Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 2018Co-Authors: Lily Chernyakhai, Edna RabenuAbstract:In this article, we argue that changes in workplace characteristics over the last few decades may affect work relationships and call for adjustments in the traditional theoretical framework used to understand them. Since the last quarter of the 20th century, there have been theories regarding changes in labor relationships following technological, political, globalization, and economical changes. However, we examine the changes in light of psychological theories rather than labor or industrial approaches. We review four main areas where social Exchange Theory (SET) has been implemented, address recent changes that challenge the traditional SET perspective, and propose alternative models. We refer to these models as “hybrid†as they integrate traditional SET premises with new-era workplace characteristics. First, we describe several changes in workplace characteristics. Next, we review some of the most conventional applications of SET to work relationships. Finally, we critically examine whether this Theory meets the requirements of work relationships in the new world of work and conclude by arguing that SET needs to be adjusted to reflect the assumption that frequent changes in employee and organizational characteristics in the new workplaces require similar frequent adjustments in Exchange relationships.
Margarethe F Wiersema - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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strategic flexibility in information technology alliances the influence of transaction cost economics and social Exchange Theory
Organization Science, 1999Co-Authors: Candace Youngybarra, Margarethe F WiersemaAbstract:Utilizing a model drawn from both transaction cost economics and social Exchange Theory, we analyze determinants of strategic flexibility in a sample of strategic alliances involved in joint development agreements or joint research pacts. Findings indicate that, in general, determinants suggested by transaction cost economics provided flexibility in modification and inflexibility in exit. From social Exchange Theory, trust was found to be positively related to both types of flexibility while another component of social Exchange Theory, dependence, was found to be negatively related to the strategic flexibility of the alliance. Results also found that factors suggested by both transaction cost economic Theory and social Exchange Theory were related to the concept of trust. Economic constraints as suggested by transaction cost economics were positively related to trust between the alliance partners while dependence was negatively related to trust. Additionally, the quality of communication and the existence of shared values were positively related to trust between the Exchange partners. Results provide support for the role of determinants from both transaction cost economics and social Exchange Theory in the flexibility of strategic alliances.
