Knowledge exchange has been a critical factor for cross-functional teams to master different tasks and problems and promote innovation. Cross-functional teams rely on the direct cooperation of senior employees from different departments, often with converging aims, leadership, culture, and communication. However, with the ever-increasing complexity in business decisions, decision-makers invested in the manufacturing industry sector need the support of a diverse team as an advisory tool to put well-thought measures into effect. The aim of this study is to analyze how cross-functional teams in commerce and industry rely on different key performance indicators to limit knowledge hiding. This paper conducted a quantitative study of 130 individual participants working in cross-functional teams in Germany. It also adapted multiple linear regression and used a conceptual model impacting the relationship between team performance, trust, and organizational citizenship behavior, including the moderating role of leadership. The disruptive effect of knowledge hiding was contextualized. The results indicate that team performance is directly affected by the selected variables. Furthermore, it is limited to knowledge hiding, while trust and the use of adequate leadership help to retain knowledge retention. Lastly, organizational citizenship behavior was found as the paramount factor, supported by individually tailored leadership methods, to foster information exchange and thereby promote organization-wide learning.

Current mobility is undergoing a transformation encompassing a multi-tude of elements, namely because of societal and governmental initia-tives to make car-based personal transportation more sustainable and less resource-intensive. Drivetrain technology, the main component in automotive vehicles, however, alters fuel supply, infrastructure, supply chains, and even convenience aspects, which were previously taken for granted, causing new challenges. On the basis of the literature around the subject of effective customer acceptance of battery-powered cars and the technological aspects of hydrogen fuel cell vehi-cles, a questionnaire consisting of eleven questions was developed. Items cover overall ecological, economic, and convenience-related concerns to evaluate current consumer expectations and knowledge level about hydrogen transportation. Results reveal, that in hydrogen mobility needs to fulfil the criteria of price stable hydrogen, made pos-sible by domestic and thereby resilient supply chains, actually allowing to provide an environmentally friendly individual transport in the first place. Additionally, existing benefits of current gen vehicles (combus-tion and battery electric vehicles), namely the aspect of safety and re-duced noise emissions are well appreciated by consumers. These re-sults outline what governmental institutions of all levels must prioritize in their adapted policymaking to further decarbonize transportation and openly promote hydrogen as an innovative fuel in Central Europe.