Trust and Knowledge Sharing in Virtual Teams: the Case of China
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
2015
Abstract
In this paper we examine the potential differential effects of two types of interpersonal trust (sincerity-based trust and ability-based trust) on knowledge sharing in virtual teams in China. Our analysis suggests that sincerity-based trust is more likely to affect a virtual team member’s propensity to transfer explicit knowledge to his or her teammates, while ability-based trust seems to have more pronounced influence on the propensities to seek and adopt explicit knowledge. Our analysis also reveals that sincerity-based trust and ability-based trust are both needed to jointly influence the propensities to seek, transfer and adopt tacit knowledge in Chinese virtual teams.
Recommended Citation
Zhang, Michael Jijin and Chen, Honghua, "Trust and Knowledge Sharingin Virtual Teams: the Case of China" (2015). WHICEB 2015 Proceedings. 10.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/whiceb2015/10
Comments
The fourteenth annual Wuhan International Conference on e-Business.