Academics are the pillars of Institutions of Higher Learning (IHLs) where knowledge is created and shared. Willing academics will determine the quality of knowledge being shared between themselves and their students. In this research, a pilot study is conducted among academics in public IHLs, whereby the theory of planned behaviour(TPB) is adapted to study the academics’ intention to share. Responses are obtained from 45 academics out of 399 survey questionnaires sent via email. This study uses the partial least square (PLS) method where variance-based structural equation modelling (SEM) is applied. The analysed data showed that social network, attitude, management support, social media, and perceived behavioural control (PBC) are significant factors for academics’ intention to share while commitment, trust and subjective norms are not significant. Perceived cost and facilitating conditions are significant but have a negative relationship with their knowledge sharing intention. Several limitations were observed, such as the use of cross-sectionalstudy and the lack of moderating factors. This study would facilitate IHLsin identifying the relevant conditions to be addressed when appointing academics in warranting that academics would be sharing their knowledge for the benefits of the whole community, within and outside the IHLs

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评估马来西亚公立大学学者的知识共享意愿

学者是高等教育机构 (IHL) 的支柱，在那里创造和分享知识。有意愿的学者将决定他们与学生之间共享知识的质量。在这项研究中，在公共国际人道法的学者中进行了一项试点研究，其中计划行为理论（TPB）适用于研究学者的分享意图。从通过电子邮件发送的 399 份调查问卷中的 45 名学者获得了答复。本研究使用偏最小二乘 (PLS) 方法，其中应用了基于方差的结构方程建模 (SEM)。分析数据表明，社交网络、态度、管理支持、社交媒体和感知行为控制（PBC）是学者分享意愿的重要因素，而承诺、信任和主观规范不显着。感知成本和便利条件显着，但与他们的知识共享意愿呈负相关。观察到一些局限性，例如使用横断面研究和缺乏调节因素。这项研究将有助于国际人道法确定在任命学者时要解决的相关条件，以保证学者将分享他们的知识，以造福国际人道法内外的整个社区