Digital Affordances and Organizational Knowledge Sharing

Abstract

Digital communication technologies are increasingly adopted in corporate environments to support collaboration and knowledge sharing among employees. The rise of enterprise social media platforms has changed how organizational members access, produce, and circulate knowledge within workplace communication systems. This study aims to examine how digital affordances influence knowledge sharing and transform workplace interaction in corporate environments. The research applies a qualitative design based on conceptual and literature based analysis. Secondary data were collected from peer reviewed academic literature discussing digital communication technologies, organizational social media, and knowledge sharing practices. The analysis was guided by Affordance Theory and focused on four analytical dimensions: visibility, persistence, editability, and association. These dimensions were used to interpret how digital communication platforms shape knowledge accessibility, collaboration, and organizational communication structures. The findings indicate that digital affordances expand knowledge visibility, support organizational memory, enable collaborative knowledge refinement, and facilitate networked communication among employees. The study concludes that the interaction of multiple digital affordances transforms workplace interaction into a more transparent, collaborative, and knowledge centered communication environment. This research contributes to the field of organizational communication by clarifying how digital affordances structure knowledge sharing processes and reshape interaction patterns in contemporary corporate workplaces.