Frequently used theories in KH research
| Theories | Count | Articles (examples) |
|---|---|---|
| Social exchange theory | 49 | Bari et al. (2023b), Donate et al. (2022), Haar et al. (2022), Feng et al. (2022), Al Hawamdeh (2023), Chaker et al. (2021), Lin et al. (2020), Arain et al. (2020), Jiang and Xu (2020) |
| Conservation of resources theory | 38 | Agarwal et al. (2023), Khan et al. (2023c), Zhang et al. (2022), De Clercq et al. (2022a), Nguyen et al. (2022), Chatterjee et al. (2021), Qin et al. (2023), Feng and Wang (2019) |
| Social learning theory | 13 | Ali et al. (2023), Arain et al. (2022c), Koay and Lim (2022), Offergelt and Venz (2023), Peng et al. (2019) |
| Psychological ownership theory | 10 | Wu et al. (2023), Guo et al. (2022b), Duan et al. (2022), Oubrich et al. (2021), Singh (2019) |
| Social cognitive theory | 9 | Zhao et al. (2023), Akhtar et al. (2022), Wang et al. (2022) |
| Social comparison theory | 7 | Li et al. (2022), Pandey et al. (2021), Peng et al. (2020) |
| Self-determination theory | 6 | Shirahada and Zhang (2022), Peng et al. (2021), Zhang and Min (2021), Gagné et al. (2019) |
| Social information processing theory | 6 | Usman et al. (2023), Liao et al. (2023), Abdelmotaleb et al. (2022) |
| Social identity theory | 5 | Pandey et al. (2021), Strik et al. (2021), Zhao et al. (2019) |
| Theories | Count | Articles (examples) |
|---|---|---|
| Social exchange theory | 49 | |
| Conservation of resources theory | 38 | |
| Social learning theory | 13 | |
| Psychological ownership theory | 10 | |
| Social cognitive theory | 9 | |
| Social comparison theory | 7 | |
| Self-determination theory | 6 | |
| Social information processing theory | 6 | |
| Social identity theory | 5 |
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