Knowledge sharing behaviour among head nurses in online health communities: The moderating role of knowledge self-efficacy

• Main Authors: Shehab S., Al-Bsheish M., Meri A., Dauwed M., Aldhmadi B.K., Kareem H.M., Alsyouf A., Al-Mugheed K., Jarrar M.
• Other Authors: 57204137379
• Format: Article
• Published: Public Library of Science 2024
• Subjects: Delivery of Health Care; Humans; Nursing, Supervisory; Self Efficacy; Self Report; Surveys and Questionnaires; article; head nurse; health care cost; human; Jordan; multicenter study; practice guideline; private hospital; self concept; structural equation modeling; structural model; trust; health care delivery; nursing; questionnaire; self report

Background Head nurses are vital in understanding and encouraging knowledge sharing among their followers. However, few empirical studies have highlighted their contribution to knowledge-sharing behaviour in Online Health Communities (OHCs). In addition, scant literature has examined the moderating role of knowledge self-efficacy in this regard. Purposes This study examines the moderating role of self-efficacy between the association of four selected individual factors of head nurses (i.e., Trust, Reciprocity, Reputation, and Ability to Share) and their knowledge-sharing behaviour in OHCs in Jordan. Method The data were obtained by using a self-reported survey from 283 head nurses in 22 private hospitals in Jordan. A moderation regression analysis using a structural equation modelling approach (i.e. Smart PLS-SEM, Version 3) was utilised to evaluate the study�s measurement and structural model. Results Knowledge self-efficacy moderates the relationship between the three individual factors (i.e., Trust, Reciprocity, and Reputation) and knowledge-sharing behaviours. However, self-efficacy did not moderate the relationship between the ability to share and knowledge-sharing behaviours. Implications This study contributes to understanding the moderating role of knowledge self-efficacy among head nurses in online healthcare communities. Moreover, this study provides guidelines for head nurses to become active members in knowledge sharing in OHCs. The findings of this study offer a basis for further research on knowledge sharing in the healthcare sector. � 2023 Shehab et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.