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“Offense and Defense”: A Study of Barriers to Inter-Organizational Data Sharing Based on Territoriality Theory

  • Zhou Lihong ,
  • Hu Jiangfeng
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  • School of Information Management, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072
Zhou Lihong,professor,PhD,doctoral supervisor,E-mail:l.zhou@whu.edu.cn;Hu Jiangfeng,doctoral candidate.

Received date: 2024-07-02

  Revised date: 2024-09-21

  Online published: 2025-03-24

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This work is supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China, titled “Research on the Application Technology of Property Right Value Assessment and Right Marking of Cultural Products” (Grant No. 2021YFF0900400).

Abstract

[Purpose/Significance] Inter-organizational data sharing (IDS) is a powerful engine in the era of digital economy. It is of great significance to explore the barriers that exist in the practice of inter-organizational data sharing in China. [Method/Process] Based on the perspective of territoriality theory, this paper took the government data-sharing practices in three cities in central China as examples to conduct a case study. 37 territorial barriers were identified belonging to the three categories: organizational psychological cognition, organizational environment and organizational territorial behavior. A model of territorial barriers was constructed to IDS, and the logical relationship among the barriers was clarified based on the results of the case study. [Result/Conclusion] It finds that six types of territorial behaviors: territory establishment, identity-oriented marking, control-oriented marking, anticipatory defense, reactive defense, and territorial expansion, play an obstructive role in different stages of IDS. In addition, the results of the study show that the effects of organizational psychological cognition and organizational environmental barriers on different territorial behaviors are particularly focused, providing ideas for proposing feasible solutions to alleviate the territorial barriers to IDS in China.

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Zhou Lihong , Hu Jiangfeng . “Offense and Defense”: A Study of Barriers to Inter-Organizational Data Sharing Based on Territoriality Theory[J]. Library and Information Service, 2025 , 69(7) : 3 -15 . DOI: 10.13266/j.issn.0252-3116.2025.07.001

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