Knowledge sharing behaviour among head nurses in online health communities: The moderating role of knowledge self-efficacy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Head nurses are vital in understanding and encouraging knowledge sharing among their followers. However, few empirical studies have highlighted their contribution to knowledge-sharing behaviour in Online Health Communities (OHCs). In addition, scant literature has examined the moderating role of knowledge self-efficacy in this regard.

Purposes

This study examines the moderating role of self-efficacy between the association of four selected individual factors of head nurses (i.e., Trust, Reciprocity, Reputation, and Ability to Share) and their knowledge-sharing behaviour in OHCs in Jordan.

Method

The data were obtained by using a self-reported survey from 283 head nurses in 22 private hospitals in Jordan. A moderation regression analysis using a structural e

SUBMITTER: Shehab S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9851523 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature