Effect of interns’ learning willingness on mentors’ knowledge-sharing behavior

• Mingyuan Dong

  Central China Normal University

• Dasong Deng

  Wuhan University

We examined the effect of interns’ learning willingness on the mentors’ knowledge-sharing behavior, and examined organizational incentives and mentors’ personality traits of openness and conscientiousness as moderators in this relationship. Participants were 180 mentor-intern dyads at 10 teaching hospitals in China. We found that interns’ willingness to learn had a significant positive effect on the knowledge-sharing behavior of mentors. The effect of organizational incentives on this relationship was dependent on the mentor’s personality, such that when mentors were low in either openness or conscientiousness, organizational incentives strengthened the relationship. Theoretical and managerial implications and directions for further research are discussed.

1. Mingyuan Dong, Central China Normal University
   College of Public Administration
2. Dasong Deng, Wuhan University
   Center for Social Security Studies

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