The Behavioral Factors Affecting knowledge Sharing: A Systematic Review of One Decade of Research in Persian Databases

To identify the behavioral factors affecting the knowledge sharing behavior published in the Jihad University Scientific Information Center and the Comprehensive Humanities Portal databases, through systematic review.

In the present study, a systematic method was used as the research method. In order to study the research process, the framework of Arksey and O’malley (2005) was used as the main framework. The reason for making this choice is that in the mentioned framework, the stages of analysis are based on the most effective methods that at the same time have simple instructions. The statistical population of the study was equal to 450 articles from both databases. After the initial screening, 42 articles that corresponded to the purpose of the study were selected as the sample size.

The findings revealed that a large number of published articles on the behavioral factors on knowledge sharing are related to the second half of the 2010-2020. Regarding the contribution of different fields in publishing articles related to behavioral factors on knowledge sharing, most of the published articles were in the journals of management sciences, information science, knowledgelogy, and education. In terms of using the type of research approach, the quantitative method was the most common type of research method with 37 articles. Also, the statistical populations of the studied articles ranked the staff, faculty members, students and teachers in the first to third ranks, respectively. Finally, the variables used in the published articles were divided into three main axes, namely cognitive, psychological and individual-social axes.

In general, the results of this study indicate that various factors affect knowledge sharing. Behavioral factors are one of these factors that play an important role in the formation of knowledge sharing in cognitive, psychological, and individual-social dimensions. Also, addressing the factors affecting knowledge sharing with a systematic review approach, in addition to strengthening research, can identify the shortcomings that exist in previous articles so that in this regard, the necessary measures can be taken to address them.