RESEARCH QUESTION AND INDIVIDUALS WAS PROVIDED TO RECIPIENT INDIVID...

3. Research question and

individuals was provided to recipient

individuals for evaluation.

hypotheses

The purpose of this study was to examine

Fundamental to the study was the

the question posed by Bircham (2003):

requirement to assess the measure

“does the structure of a question to which

attitude of the recipient. While prior studies

the source of the knowledge responds

have examined the attitude of the source

influence the recipient’s attitude towards

towards sharing their knowledge (see

the knowledge they receive?” This study

Bock & Kim, 2002; Connelly, 2000;

was limited to formal documented

Kolekofski & Heminger, 2003; Ryu et al.,

questions and responses, where the