Can social capital and planned behaviour favour an increased willingness to share scientific data? Evidence from data originators
ISSN: 0264-0473
Article publication date: 7 July 2023
Issue publication date: 24 July 2023
Abstract
Purpose
This study aims to reveal the factors that drive researchers to share data and to provide reference for promoting open scientific data.
Design/methodology/approach
Based on the theory of social capital and the theory of planned behaviour, hypotheses were proposed and the model was developed. The authors acquired 479 valid samples of Chinese researchers through questionnaires and conducted an empirical analysis via AMOS 23.0.
Findings
Attitudes towards data sharing are significantly and positively correlated with trust, reciprocity and social interaction, but not with a shared vision; willingness to share data is significantly and positively correlated with attitudes and perceived behavioural control, but not with subjective norms; furthermore, data quality, which performed the function of a moderating variable, was found to play a facilitating role in the above correlations. Based on the findings, suggestions for relevant entities were specified.
Originality/value
The study developed and validated an integrated theoretical framework, clarified the mechanism by which social capital and planned behaviour affect willingness to share data, hoping to provide reference and empirical support for subsequent studies as well as new ideas for data management and sharing.
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Acknowledgements
This work was funded by Humanities and Social Sciences Research Projects of Higher Education Institutions in Hebei Province of China (No. BJ2021087).
Declaration: There has been no any potential conflict of interest in the research.
Citation
Zhi, F., Zhang, M., Zhang, S., Cheng, C. and Shen, T. (2023), "Can social capital and planned behaviour favour an increased willingness to share scientific data? Evidence from data originators", The Electronic Library, Vol. 41 No. 4, pp. 456-473. https://doi.org/10.1108/EL-01-2023-0005
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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