Factors influencing knowledge-sharing behaviors and learning effect: A multilevel investigation

• Quan Lin

  Shantou University

• Lan Lin

  Xiamen University

• Di Ye

  Shantou University

In this longitudinal study, we investigated the effects of the Big Five personality traits, team characteristics, and the cross-level interactions on individual knowledge-sharing behaviors (KSBs). Using the survey data of 481 Chinese university students who had been assigned to 67 teams, we found that conscientiousness, extraversion, and agreeableness explained within-team variance of KSBs, and that team identification and innovation climate accounted for between-team variance of KSBs. Individual KSBs aggregated to the team level explained the between-team variance of the individual learning effect.

1. Quan Lin, Shantou University

   Business School, and Research Institute for Guangdong–Taiwan Business Cooperation

2. Lan Lin, Xiamen University
   School of Management
3. Di Ye, Shantou University
   Business School

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