Abstract
Knowledge sharing is one of the most important elements in organizations’ knowledge management initiatives. This paper examines the influence of the reward system on knowledge sharing behavior with two dimensions—explicit and implicit. Using regression analysis with data from 110 lectures at top universities in Iran, ranked by the Ministry of Higher Education in 2009, the results show a significant relationship between reward system and knowledge sharing. For explicit knowledge sharing, intrinsic reward (β = .457, p< .01) is statistically significant and positively associated with explicit knowledge sharing, whereas extrinsic reward (β = -.185, p< .01) is statistically significant but shows negative association with explicit knowledge sharing. Intrinsic reward (β = .344, p< .01) is statistically significant and positively associated with implicit knowledge sharing, whereas extrinsic reward (β = -.210, p< .01) is also statistically significant but shows negative association with knowledge sharing behavior. This paper further examines the implications of the findings

Keywords: Intrinsic reward, extrinsic reward, implicit knowledge sharing, explicit knowledge sharing, academics, Iran.
Paper type: Empirical Paper

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