This, however, may not have an impact on the willingness of employees to contribute knowledge that is truly efficacious for the organization. According to social exchange theory and the results of numerous studies, the effort that an individual is willing to exert to contributing efficacious knowledge should have a direct relationship with the amount of organizational support that an employee perceives. This reflects the belief that organizational support will draw on the intrinsic motivations that will impact on less-easily measurable behavior (e.g., effort).