TY - GEN
T1 - The cognitive selection framework of knowledge acquisition strategy in virtual communities
AU - Kim, Junghwan
AU - Song, Jaeki
AU - Jones, Donald R.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2010 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
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 identifies how knowledge recipients select their strategy for acquiring specialized knowledge, emphasizing cognitive perspectives such as cognitive goals (cognitive replication and innovation) and cognitive motivators (virtual community self-efficacy, heightened enjoyment, and time resources) at the individual level. On analyzing the preliminary data, we obtain findings that suggest that knowledge recipients' cognitive motivators differentially influence their cognitive goals for selecting knowledge acquisition strategy. However, in order to empirically examine the hypotheses identified in this study, further research is still needed.
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 identifies how knowledge recipients select their strategy for acquiring specialized knowledge, emphasizing cognitive perspectives such as cognitive goals (cognitive replication and innovation) and cognitive motivators (virtual community self-efficacy, heightened enjoyment, and time resources) at the individual level. On analyzing the preliminary data, we obtain findings that suggest that knowledge recipients' cognitive motivators differentially influence their cognitive goals for selecting knowledge acquisition strategy. However, in order to empirically examine the hypotheses identified in this study, further research is still needed.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77951721854&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/HICSS.2010.368
DO - 10.1109/HICSS.2010.368
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77951721854
SN - 9780769538693
T3 - Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
BT - Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS-43
Y2 - 5 January 2010 through 8 January 2010
ER -