TY - JOUR
T1 - The cognitive selection framework for knowledge acquisition strategies in virtual communities
AU - Kim, Junghwan
AU - Song, Jaeki
AU - Jones, Donald R.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by a grant from Sogang Business School's World Class University Project (R31-20002) funded by the Korea Research Foundation .
Funding Information:
This study was also partially supported by the Sogang University Research Grant of 2010.
PY - 2011/4
Y1 - 2011/4
N2 - As a significant source of knowledge, virtual communities have stimulated interest in knowledge management research. Nonetheless, very few studies to date have examined the demand-side knowledge perspective such as knowledge acquisition in virtual communities. In order to explore the knowledge acquisition process within virtual communities, this study proposes the cognitive selection framework of knowledge acquisition strategy in virtual communities. The proposed framework takes a cognitive perspective, to identify how knowledge recipients select their strategy for acquiring specialized knowledge, emphasizing their cognitive goals (e.g., cognitive replication and innovation) and cognitive motivators (e.g., virtual community self-efficacy, heightened enjoyment, and time resources). Our results suggest that knowledge recipients' cognitive motivators differentially influence their cognitive goals (cognitive replication and innovation), which, in turn, are related to their selection of knowledge acquisition strategy (static and dynamic acquisition strategy), respectively.
AB - As a significant source of knowledge, virtual communities have stimulated interest in knowledge management research. Nonetheless, very few studies to date have examined the demand-side knowledge perspective such as knowledge acquisition in virtual communities. In order to explore the knowledge acquisition process within virtual communities, this study proposes the cognitive selection framework of knowledge acquisition strategy in virtual communities. The proposed framework takes a cognitive perspective, to identify how knowledge recipients select their strategy for acquiring specialized knowledge, emphasizing their cognitive goals (e.g., cognitive replication and innovation) and cognitive motivators (e.g., virtual community self-efficacy, heightened enjoyment, and time resources). Our results suggest that knowledge recipients' cognitive motivators differentially influence their cognitive goals (cognitive replication and innovation), which, in turn, are related to their selection of knowledge acquisition strategy (static and dynamic acquisition strategy), respectively.
KW - Goal-setting theory
KW - Knowledge acquisition strategy
KW - Knowledge transfer
KW - Social cognitive theory
KW - Virtual community
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2010.05.011
DO - 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2010.05.011
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79751537231
SN - 0268-4012
VL - 31
SP - 111
EP - 120
JO - International Journal of Information Management
JF - International Journal of Information Management
IS - 2
ER -