Investigating ownership and the willingness to share information online

@article{citeulike:2620361, abstract = {Networks offer the promise of sharing information. This project aims to experimentally investigate aspects of the propensity to share information online, with a specific focus on the system-induced status of information. Is a simple manipulation of the cognitive status of information sufficient to gain changes in sharing levels? A simple computerized game was used to simulate business decision situations that required participants to use information, and enabled sharing it. Our hypotheses compared the willingness to share under different conditions of system-induced ownership of information. Participants’ perception of information source and ownership was the independent variable. Sharing was higher for privately owned expertise than it was for organizationally owned content. Ownership makes a difference. It serves to increase sharing of information. Ownership can and should be framed by system design.}, author = {Raban, Daphne R. and Rafaeli, Sheizaf }, citeulike-article-id = {2620361}, journal = {Computers in Human Behavior}, keywords = {collaboration, information-sharing}, pages = {2367--2382}, posted-at = {2008-04-01 16:30:30}, priority = {2}, title = {Investigating ownership and the willingness to share information online}, volume = {23}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2620361 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2620361 TI - Investigating ownership and the willingness to share information online JF - Computers in Human Behavior VL - 23 SP - 2367 EP - 2382 N2 - Networks offer the promise of sharing information. This project aims to experimentally investigate aspects of the propensity to share information online, with a specific focus on the system-induced status of information. Is a simple manipulation of the cognitive status of information sufficient to gain changes in sharing levels? A simple computerized game was used to simulate business decision situations that required participants to use information, and enabled sharing it. Our hypotheses compared the willingness to share under different conditions of system-induced ownership of information. Participants’ perception of information source and ownership was the independent variable. Sharing was higher for privately owned expertise than it was for organizationally owned content. Ownership makes a difference. It serves to increase sharing of information. Ownership can and should be framed by system design. KW - collaboration KW - information-sharing AU - Raban, Daphne AU - Rafaeli, Sheizaf PY - 2007/// ER -