Online Knowledge Sharing in a Multinational Corporation: Chinese and *American Practices

This study has extended the current literature by providing empirical findings based on actual knowledge sharing behavior and moved knowledge sharing research toward understanding the complexity of technology-mediated knowledge sharing in cross-cultural contexts. One major contribution of this dissertation is that it has provided sound explanations for cross-cultural knowledge sharing patterns by synthesizing the factors from separate fields including national culture, organizational studies and online communities of practice. Another accomplishment of this study is expanding the UTAUT for future research in cross-cultural knowledge sharing through online media.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Library and Information Science

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Li, Wei

Contributors dc:contributor

• Smith, Linda C.

• Business Administration, Management

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3314958

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/81556