  Knowledge sharing drives innovation and the opportunity to develop a
sustainable competitive advantage. However, in the extant knowledge management
and information security literature, leakage from sharing activities is
neglected. The risk of knowledge leakage is exacerbated with the pervasive use
of mobile devices and the adoption of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device). Thus, this
research-in-progress paper examines the role of the behavior of mobile workers
that engage in accidental knowledge leakage through the use of BYOD. We use the
Decomposed Theory of Planned Behavior (DTPB) to explain the causes behind this
phenomenon and how it negatively impacts organization's competitive advantage.
The contributions of this study are the following. First, it posits that the
reasons of knowledge leakage by mobile workers through BYOD can be explained
using DTPB. Second, the paper proposes a conceptual model for research based on
DTPB constructs whilst adding other variables such as BYOD and mobile device
usage context. Finally, the conceptual study outlines the potential
contributions and implications of this research.
