Research on Influencing Factors of Knowledge Hiding Behavior in Socialized Q&A Communities: Taking Zhihu as an Example

Table 11

Hypothesis test results.

Hypothesis	Path	Path coefficient	value	Test result
H1	Self-efficacy ⟶ knowledge hiding	−0.088	0.298	Not established
H1a	Self-efficacy ⟶ evasive hiding	−0.316	≤0.001	Established
H1b	Self-efficacy ⟶ playing dumb	−0.193	0.042	Established
H1c	Self-efficacy ⟶ rationalized hiding	−0.257	0.003	Established
H2	Outcome expectation—> knowledge hiding	−0.322	≤0.001	Established
H2a	Outcome expectation ⟶ evasive hiding	−0.379	≤0.001	Established
H2b	Outcome expectation ⟶ playing dumb	−0.259	0.004	Established
H2c	Outcome expectation ⟶ rationalized hiding	−0.423	≤0.001	Established
H3	Community atmosphere ⟶ knowledge hiding	−0.307	0.002	Established
H3a	Community atmosphere ⟶ evasive hiding	−0.202	0.026	Established
H3b	Community atmosphere—> playing dumb	−0.251	0.020	Established
H3c	Community atmosphere ⟶ rationalized hiding	−0.261	0.008	Established
H4	Community atmosphere ⟶ outcome expectation	0.423	≤0.001	Established
H6	Request ⟶ knowledge hiding	−0.258	≤0.001	Established
H5	Community atmosphere ⟶ outcome expectation ⟶ knowledge hiding		≤0.001	Established

, , represent the significance levels of 1%, 5%, and 10%, respectively.