Authors
Kenneth Husted, Snejina Michailova, Dana B Minbaeva, Torben Pedersen
Publication date
2012/9/7
Journal
Journal of Knowledge Management
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Description
Purpose
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This paper aims at further developing and empirically examining the concept of knowledge‐sharing hostility. It seeks to analyze reasons for hoarding knowledge, reasons for rejecting external knowledge, and attitudes towards mistakes, as well as the influence of these factors on actual knowledge‐sharing behavior. The paper aims to examine how two specific knowledge‐governance mechanisms – commitment‐based and transaction‐based mechanisms – affect knowledge sharing
Design/methodology/approach
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The authors test the hypotheses on a sample of 1,639 respondents in 15 organizations in Denmark.
Findings
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The authors find that the use of transaction‐based mechanisms promotes knowledge‐sharing hostility by strengthening individuals' reasons for hoarding and rejecting knowledge, and by negatively affecting individuals' attitudes towards sharing knowledge about mistakes. In contrast …
Scholar articles
K Husted, S Michailova, DB Minbaeva, T Pedersen - Journal of knowledge management, 2012