Journal of Knowledge Management: Volume 28 Issue 3

Research on the impact of knowledge sharing on risk control of inclusive finance in rural areas during the post-COVID-19 era

Yunlong Duan, Yan Liu, Yilin Chen, Weiqi Guo, Lisheng Yang

This study aims to focus on the impact of multi-level knowledge sharing between and within organizations on the risk control of rural inclusive finance. The paper presents…

Leadership styles and employee creativity: the interactive impact of online knowledge sharing and organizational innovation

Mai Nguyen, Piyush Sharma, Ashish Malik

This study aims to examine the differences in the impact of three leadership styles (transactional, transformational and creative) on intraorganizational online knowledge-sharing…

Community dynamics and knowledge production: forty years of research in quantum computing

Olivier Dupouët, Yoann Pitarch, Marie Ferru, Bastien Bernela

This study aims to explore the interplay between community dynamics and knowledge production using the quantum computing research field as a case study. Quantum computing holds…

Two kinds of properties of knowledge networks, knowledge diversity and recombinant innovation: a patent analysis in the wind energy field

Hailong Ju, Yiting Fang, Yezhen Zhu

Prior literature has long argued that knowledge networks contain great opportunities for innovation, and researchers can identify these opportunities using the properties of…

Exploring the impacts of knowledge recombination on firms’ breakthrough innovation: the moderating effect of environmental dynamism

Changbiao Zhong, Rui Huang, Yunlong Duan, Tianxin Sunguo, Alberto Dello Strologo

To adapt to the rapidly changing market environment, firms must constantly adjust and change their knowledge base to develop new technologies. The purpose of this paper is to…

Knowledge seeking or sabotage? The effect of coworker relative overqualification on employee reaction from social comparison theory

Yanghao Zhu, Lirong Long, Yunpeng Xu, Yannan Zhang

The purpose of this study is to investigate the phenomenon of knowledge transfer between employees and coworkers. That is, when and why employees engage in knowledge seeking or…

How geographic diversity and collaborative breadth prevent knowledge leakage during open innovation processes

Chunhsien Wang, Tachia Chin, Yuan Yin Chiew, Cinzia Capalbo

Drawing upon insights from knowledge-based theory and the learning perspective, this study aims to explore safeguarding strategies in open innovation. Geographic diversity and…

General knowledge-sharing and patient engagement in online health communities: an inverted U-shaped relationship

Fanbo Meng, Yixuan Liu, Xiaofei Zhang, Libo Liu

Effectively engaging patients is critical for the sustainable development of online health communities (OHCs). Although physicians’ general knowledge-sharing, which is free to the…

Knowledge management and technological innovation in family SMEs context

Veronica Scuotto, Simona Alfiero, Maria Teresa Cuomo, Filippo Monge

This paper conceptually aims to discuss the dual role of knowledge management (KM) and technological innovation, which brings about innovations, although it can be limited by…

The effect of internal knowledge transfer on the relationship between personality traits and employee service performance: a multilevel model

Mingjun Yang, Tuan Trong Luu, Dan Wang

Internal knowledge transfer is crucial for firms to improve their employees’ abilities and improve their work performance. However, there is still a gap in the knowledge…

Knowledge rejection: a microfoundation-based framework

Nicolle Montgomery, Snejina Michailova, Kenneth Husted

This study aims to adopt the microfoundation perspective to investigate undesirable knowledge rejection by individuals in organizations in the context of counterproductive…

Evolutionary motives in employees’ knowledge behavior when being envied at work

Timea David, Hsi-An Shih

Knowledge transfer is a crucial ingredient of employee innovation, yet affective work events may disrupt knowledge flow among employees. This study aims to investigate a…

The diffusion of recruit knowledge and core technological change in organizations

Amit Jain

This study aims to develop a model of learning-by-hiring in which knowledge gains may occur at the time of recruitment but also after recruitment when other incumbent…