PERCEPTIONS OF SOFTWARE ENGINEERS TOWARD KNOWLEDGESHARING BEHAVIOR BASED ON SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY AND SELFREGULATED LEARNING

摘要

This article focuses on the effects of knowledge sharing intention by examining the selfregulated learning processes of goal setting and self-efficacy. We adopt social cognitive theory to examine how extrinsic (learning environment and goal setting) and intrinsic (self-efficacy and self-regulation) motivation affect the knowledge sharing intention. Through a field survey of 230 software engineers, we confirm that there are significant relationships among goalsetting, self-efficacy and self-regulation, supporting Schunk’s model. Moreover, knowledge sharing intention can be achieved based on high self-regulation, since self-efficacy has little effect on it.