Journal of Knowledge Management: Volume 26 Issue 3

The influence mechanism of rewards on knowledge sharing behaviors in virtual communities

Nan Wang, Jielin Yin, Zhenzhong Ma, Maolin Liao

The purpose of this paper is to explore the effects of organizational rewards on two forms of knowledge sharing – explicit knowledge sharing and tacit knowledge sharing in virtual…

Are overqualified individuals hiding knowledge: the mediating role of negative emotion state

Bei Ma, Jing Zhang

Despite manager’s investments in facilitating knowledge sharing, such as hiring employees with lots of knowledge, knowledge hiding remains prevalent in organizations. It may stem…

Motivational antecedents, employee engagement and knowledge management performance

Mayuri Menike Atapattu, Twan Huybers

This paper aims to investigate the causal relationships between organisational practices, employee knowledge management (KM) engagement and organisational KM performance.

The impact of knowledge flows on asset specificity from the perspective of open innovation

Feihu Zheng, Hao Jiao, Junyi Gu, Hwy-Chang Moon, Wenyan Yin

This study aims to examine how different modes of knowledge flows affect the changes of asset specificity and how ownership control moderates the relationship between knowledge…

Ethical leadership and knowledge hiding: testing the mediating and moderating mechanisms

Kian Yeik Koay, Pang Kiam Lim

Recent scholars have established that knowledge hiding does not equate to the lack of knowledge sharing. Due to a scarcity of papers on knowledge hiding, this paper aims to…

Understanding relationship commitment and continuous knowledge sharing in online health communities: a social exchange perspective

Xing Zhang, Shan Liu

Online health communities (OHCs) have become increasingly popular sources of health information in recent years. However, little is known about the factors that affect the…

From collaborative research to new product development: why a central or brokered network position is not enough

Jian Li, Yue Yu

Although collaborative research is believed to be an important means of accessing external knowledge, research on whether taking a strategic network position benefits new product…

A quantum mechanics-based framework for knowledge-based innovation

Jianyu Zhao, Shengliang Li, Xi Xi, Caiyan Gong

Because the discontinuous and uncertain characteristics of knowledge-based innovation cannot be reasonably interpreted by conventional management approaches, quantum mechanics…

A model to analyze the knowledge management risks in open innovation: proposition and application with the case of GOL Airlines

Fábio Lotti Oliva, Andrei Carlos Torresani Paza, Jefferson Luiz Bution, Masaaki Kotabe, Peter Kelle, Eduardo Pinheiro Gondim de Vasconcellos, Celso Claudio de Hildebrand e Grisi, Martinho Isnard Ribeiro de Almeida, Adalberto Americo Fischmann

This study aims to investigate the risks associated with managing the dispersed knowledge in inter-organizational arrangements for innovation. Specifically, it proposes a model to…

How to make use of team knowledge variety? The role of power disparity

Jin Yao, Xinmei Liu, Wenxin He

Based on the social dominance theory, this study aims to theorize the moderating effect of power disparity in the impact of team knowledge variety on team creativity and further…

Enablers of postacquisition joint knowledge creation: evidence from joint patenting in high-tech mergers and acquisitions

Jeonghwan Lee, Jinju Lee

This study aims to investigate three organizational-level factors (geographical proximity, technological similarity and organizational identity integration) that influence the…

Identity reconciliation and knowledge mobilization in a mandated community of practice

Adamina Ivcovici, Ian McLoughlin, Alka Nand, Ananya Bhattacharya

Communities of Practice (CoPs) are increasingly being created to facilitate knowledge mobilization in organizations. This paper aims to elucidate an underexplored aspect of…

Ambidextrous leadership and organizational innovation: the importance of knowledge search and strategic flexibility

Ruiqian Jia, Wenan Hu, Shuwen LI

The purpose of this study is to examine the potential process through which leadership exerts impacts on organizational innovation. A thorough analysis was conducted by…