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05871800 Wang, Jing Gwebu, Kholekile Shanker, Murali Troutt, Marvin D. An application of agent-based simulation to knowledge sharing. Decis. Support Syst. 46, No. 2, 532-541 (2009). 2009 Elsevier Science (North-Holland), Amsterdam EN agent-based modelling simulation knowledge sharing complex adaptive systems

doi:10.1016/j.dss.2008.09.006

Summary: This paper explores knowledge sharing using an agent-based simulation model. Built using Repast, our application allows managers to simulate employee knowledge-sharing behaviors by making parametric assumptions on employee decision strategies and organizational interventions that affect identifiability, benefits, and costs. Our results show that in the presence of non-linear and adaptive interaction, unintended and unpredictable outcomes might occur, and that knowledge sharing results from the complex interaction between employee behavior and organizational interventions.