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Multilevel Investigation of Antecedents of Knowledge Sharing and Seeking in Teams<br />

knowledge sharing significantly differs from its influence on knowledge seeking at the<br />

individual (χ 2 = 16.53, p = 0.00) as well as at the team level (χ 2 = 9.15, p = 0.00).<br />

Results for Hypotheses 2a to 2c are again shown in Model 2, Table 2, and the results of<br />

the respective contrast analyses again in Table 3. These hypotheses posited positive effects of<br />

individual intrinsic motivation on knowledge sharing, of individual extrinsic motivation on<br />

knowledge seeking, and of team mean intrinsic motivation on both knowledge transfer<br />

behaviors. Hypo<strong>thesis</strong> 2a is supported by the results, as individual intrinsic motivation was<br />

positively related to knowledge sharing (γ = 0.37, p = 0.00). Unexpectedly, there was also a<br />

positive effect on knowledge seeking (γ = 0.19, p = 0.04). Furthermore, contrast analysis<br />

revealed that the coefficients for the effects of intrinsic motivation on sharing and on seeking<br />

did not differ (χ 2 = 2.63, p = 0.10), suggesting that intrinsic motivation influences both<br />

behaviors in a similar way. Hypo<strong>thesis</strong> 2b received full support as extrinsic motivation<br />

showed a positive relationship with knowledge seeking. Furthermore, contrast analysis<br />

demonstrated that the coefficient for the relationship with knowledge seeking differed<br />

significantly from the one for the relationship with knowledge sharing (χ 2 = 10.86, p = 0.00).<br />

Hypo<strong>thesis</strong> 2c, which predicted a positive effect of team mean intrinsic motivation on<br />

knowledge sharing and on knowledge seeking, did not receive support from the results.<br />

Although there was a positive effect on knowledge seeking (γ = 0.58, p = 0.03), there was<br />

only a marginally significant positive relationship with knowledge sharing (γ = 0.41, p =<br />

0.09), and contrast analyses revealed that these were not true contextual effects; for both<br />

transfer behaviors, the coefficients for the relationship with individual intrinsic motivation did<br />

not differ significantly from the coefficients for the relationship with team mean intrinsic<br />

motivation (sharing: χ 2 = 0.03, p > 0.5; seeking: χ 2 = 2.04, p = 0.15).<br />

According to Hypo<strong>thesis</strong> 3a, a positive effect of job autonomy on knowledge sharing was<br />

expected, which was supported by the results (see Table 2; γ = 0.32, p = 0.00). Finally,<br />

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