%0 Journal Article %1 mooradian2006trusts %A Mooradian, Todd %A Renzl, Birgit %A Matzler, Kurt %D 2006 %J Management Learning %K knowledge-management knowledge-sharing knowledge-transfer organizational-communication trust %N 4 %P 523-540 %T Who trusts? Personality, trust and knowledge sharing %V 37 %X The strategic importance of knowledge sharing and its relationships with organizational and managerial (i.e. environmental) factors have been well documented. The effects of some context-specific individual factors—including interpersonal trust—on knowledge sharing have also been investigated. The effects of enduring and pervasive individual factors (i.e, personality) on knowledge sharing have not been adequately described empirically. This article links personality, specifically agreeableness, a broad personality domain and propensity to trust, a narrow personality facet, to knowledge sharing via interpersonal trust, thereby clarifying substantial person-related effects within these important workplace phenomena.

@article{mooradian2006trusts, abstract = {The strategic importance of knowledge sharing and its relationships with organizational and managerial (i.e. environmental) factors have been well documented. The effects of some context-specific individual factors—including interpersonal trust—on knowledge sharing have also been investigated. The effects of enduring and pervasive individual factors (i.e, personality) on knowledge sharing have not been adequately described empirically. This article links personality, specifically agreeableness, a broad personality domain and propensity to trust, a narrow personality facet, to knowledge sharing via interpersonal trust, thereby clarifying substantial person-related effects within these important workplace phenomena.}, added-at = {2018-05-05T05:08:01.000+0200}, author = {Mooradian, Todd and Renzl, Birgit and Matzler, Kurt}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/26c0deb5ec27d7f1aa7647218b9e1e86c/ljohnson24}, interhash = {5ec3aadb14dde4b6471ee66855037f3e}, intrahash = {6c0deb5ec27d7f1aa7647218b9e1e86c}, journal = {Management Learning}, keywords = {knowledge-management knowledge-sharing knowledge-transfer organizational-communication trust}, number = 4, pages = {523-540}, timestamp = {2018-05-05T05:08:01.000+0200}, title = {Who trusts? Personality, trust and knowledge sharing}, volume = 37, year = 2006 }