Trusted Physicians’ Virtual Social Capital Facilitates Decision-Making during Knowledge Sharing

Abstract

Physicians prefer virtually participating by sharingknowledge for making informed decisions: a theory with scantevidence. This study proposes a model which assesses the effect of physician Social Capital,via the Social Capital Theory (SCT)’s (identification, socialinteractionties, and shared language), on knowledge sharing when moderatedby trust,for decision-making; to assure that knowledge management tools like physicians’ virtual communities certainly affect the current healthcare research topic: medical decision making. Theoretical and practical implications are also discussed.