Abstract:
The purpose of this research were to 1) study the financial experts opinions about the knowledge sharing on the online communities, and 2) analyze critical factors affecting knowledge sharing in an online community. The sample in this study was was 9 persons financial experts and 92 members of the selected online community. Research methods for collecting qualitative data were an observation, a semi-structure interview; and snowball sampling technique was used to find 3 participants for in-depth interview. The online questionnaire was used to collect quantitative data from the members. The major findings were as follows: 1. The opinions of financial experts on the online community found that the online community helped to open the world of learning. Information is based on the user's actual experience, can be used as a case study. Financial literacy is important and necessary for future students to grow into financially trouble-free mature adults. 2. Critical factors related to knowledge sharing found in this study were internal factors, while external factors were not related to the intention of knowledge sharing but showed as the good online community environment. Internal factors were 1) self-awareness of tacit knowledge from individuals direct experiences. 2) intention to share knowledge to others, and 3) intention to help others with volunteerism. External factors was 1) the interaction during knowledge sharing activities and 2) positive thoughts and thumb up sign emoji that created encouragement to share knowledge. Online community features were 1) good navigation to access and well-organized of information, 2) building good relationship among the users and members, and 3) interpersonal assistance was provided with public-mind.