There has been a growing interest in examining the factors that support or hinder one’s knowledge sharing behavior in organizations due to the fact that knowledge is one of the most important assets to sustain the competitive advantages for modern corporations. More and more attention is paid to the importance of intellectual assets, because knowledge sharing can turn out to be a significant factor for knowledge creation which can enhance the capabilities of firms to fulfill the strategic objectives and achieve firm performance. The increasingly specialized knowledge, along with the factors of environment and personal characteristics contribute to a barrier to prevent from knowledge sharing, and thus the optimal utilization of corporate knowledge becomes impossible. This study, based on the theoretical framework of Social cognitive theory that includes knowledge sharing self-efficacy and self-regulation and goal-setting for personal influences, and multidimensional organizational climate for environmental influences. The proposed research model was then evaluated with multiple-regression and structural equation modeling to test if the empirical data conform to the proposed model.
The results of the study are as follows:
1) Organizational climate has positively significant influence on knowledge sharing self-efficacy and self goal-setting but has negatively significant influence on self-regulation.
2) Knowledge sharing self-efficacy and self goal-setting have positively significant influence on self- regulation.
3) Knowledge sharing self-efficacy and self-regulation have positive but with no significant influence on knowledge sharing behaviors.

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