What Role Does Trust Play in the Relationship Between Psychological Distance and Knowledge Sharing?

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10.2991/icmesd-18.2018.16How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Psychological distance, Trust, Knowledge sharing.

Abstract

The existence of psychological distance implies that individuals have a sense of uncertainty, resulting in a non-trust attitude; the increase of psychological distance also makes employees unable to obtain psychological pleasure and will not produce knowledge-sharing behavior. Therefore, the distance between the minds has a negative impact on trust and knowledge sharing. Trust can reduce each other's uncertainty, increase mutual psychological commitment, enhance the knowledge sharing in the organization. Therefore, trust has a direct positive impact on knowledge sharing and can play an intermediary role in psychological distance and knowledge sharing.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Ping Wang
AU  - Yun-Kuai Zhang
PY  - 2018/05
DA  - 2018/05
TI  - What Role Does Trust Play in the Relationship Between Psychological Distance and Knowledge Sharing?
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th Annual International Conference on Management, Economics and Social Development (ICMESD 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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EP  - 110
SN  - 2352-5428
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DO  - 10.2991/icmesd-18.2018.16
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