Extrinsic and intrinsic motivation for experience grounded tacit knowledge sharing in Chinese software organisations

Hui Chen is Post-Doctor at the School of Information Resource Management, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China. Dr Hui Chen is a Post-Doc Researcher at the School of Information Resources Management, Renmin University of China (RUC). She holds a PhD in Knowledge Management from Loughborough University (UK), an MSc in Information Management from University of Sheffield (UK) and a BSc in Information Management and Information Systems from the Renmin University of China. Her main research interests are tacit knowledge associated to experience, knowledge sharing, knowledge management, archive management and records management. She has a growing portfolio of publications in international and Chinese journals and conferences, and experience of research work in a number of research projects. She has participated in over 6 research projects, and published over 12 articles in various international journals and conferences related to knowledge management.

Miguel Baptista Nunes is Professor and Dean at the School of Information Management, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China. Dr Miguel Baptista Nunes is a Professor and the Dean of the School of Information Management of Sun Yat–sen University. He obtained a PhD degree from the University of Sheffield (UK), and has been working in there as a Senior Lecture (or Associated Professor with Tenure) for 20 years until 2016. He had been awarded a fellowship with High-End Expert from by the Chinese State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (SAFEA) in 2015. He has been primary investigator for 15 research projects and has authored over 220 international publications, including 46 academic refereed journal articles. His main research interests are information systems, change management, risk management, knowledge management and big data management.

Gillian Ragsdell is Senior Lecturer at Department of Information Science, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK. Dr Gillian Ragsdell is a Reader in Knowledge Management in the Department of Information Science at Loughborough University (UK). She combines her industrial experience with her academic interests to build on the relationship between the theory and practice of knowledge management. Her origins in systems thinking and creative problem solving have proved particularly effective in studying the generation and sharing of knowledge.

Xiaomi An is Professor at the School of Information Resources Management, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China. Dr Xiaomi An is a Professor at the School of Information Resources Management in the Renmin University of China (RUC) and the Data Engineering and Knowledge Engineering Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education. She obtained a PhD Degree from the University of Liverpool, UK, and Program of New Century Excellent Talents in the University from Ministry of Education. She was a Fulbright Research Scholar of UCLA, USA and Distinguished Visiting Scholar of the University of Sheffield, UK. She has chaired 42 research projects and published more than 230 academic papers, authored 19 books, obtained 23 achievement awards and given 36 invited talks at international conferences.