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Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to assess the research model.<\/jats:italic><\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p><jats:italic>SEM shows that the intention to share explicit knowledge influences explicit knowledge\u2010sharing behavior to an equal extent both directly and indirectly. By contrast tacit knowledge\u2010sharing behavior is influenced directly to a greater extent by the intention to share tacit knowledge and less indirectly by the intention to share explicit knowledge.<\/jats:italic><\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Research limitations\/implications<\/jats:title><jats:p><jats:italic>The study provides a potential tool that may be applied by managers for the purpose of measuring explicit and tacit knowledge\u2010sharing intention and behavior. 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