AUTHOR=Wang Wei-Tsong , Lin Ying-Lien 

TITLE=Evaluating Factors Influencing Knowledge-Sharing Behavior of Students in Online Problem-Based Learning

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 12 - 2021

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.691755

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2021.691755

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=Adopting online problem-based learning (OPBL) to internship educational programs is an effective teaching method to stimulate students’ self-directed and collaborative learning and knowledge-sharing behavior (KSB). However, the OPBL collaboration experience is different from traditional lecture-based learning experience for students. Integrating social identity theory and commitment-trust theory develop a formative research model that explains students’ KSB when using social media tools for the OPBL process. This process encourages students’ social interaction and communication, in turn, facilitating the integration of collective intelligence or the creation, sharing and exchange of knowledge. Data collected from 425 nursing students studied at seven nursing colleges or medical universities in Taiwan were analyzed using the partial least squares technique. The results indicate that social identification is a crucial antecedent of KSB. Relationship quality plays a vital role in shaping the effects of interpersonal trust and relationship commitment on KSB during internship periods. The findings can contribute to theoretical discussions and enhance the effectiveness of KSB in the literature of internship and non-internship in higher education field.