Sharing Behavior and its Relationship with Core Competencies of a Company: a Grounded Theory Approach

Background/Objectives: In this paper, we attempt to understand the meaning of sharing behavior and develop the paradigm model of sharing behavior. Methods/Statistical analysis: This paper follows a Grounded Theory approach, which is particularly suitable for an exploratory research design to provide an initial illustration of the phenomenon. Findings: This paper discovers the meaning of the sharing competency. It is a firm's collaboration ability within and between organizations that involve cooperation at work to pursue a common set of goals. Also, a paradigm model developed shows the causal phase of company's sharing behavior and the result. Applications/Improvements: The results highlight the importance of sharing competency in the business domain and provide further research directions.