Knowledge Sharing and Innovative Work Behavior

Abstract

The growing importance of knowledge sharing is promoting individual innovative work behavior (IWB) to create new products or services for innovative business systems. Also, the key challenges faced by individuals in their knowledge sharing behavior (KSB) are personal perceptions and environmental influences. Thus, this chapter provides a research model using an extension of social cognitive theory that comprises environmental factors (subjective norms, trust), personal factors (knowledge self-efficacy, enjoyment in helping others, organizational rewards, reciprocal benefits, and psychological ownership of knowledge), KSB, and IWB. The authors advance to implement mixed-methods approaches to evaluate the proposed model. The authors believe that this research will contribute to deeper understanding of the effects of personal and environmental factors and KSB on IBW within organizations. The model is also expected to be tested in any organizations in which future researchers or practitioners wish to test this model.

Antecedents of Innovative Work Behavior in the Public Sector (Study at The Regional Revenue Agency of West Java Province)

“…The results showed that knowledge sharing has a positive effect on innovative work behavior in the Regional Revenue Agency of West Java Province. The results of this study support the results of Phung et al (2017;; Akram et al (2018); Hasan et al (2018), Khorakian et al (2019), andKmieciak, R. (2020).…”

Unique Contextual Conditions Affecting Coworker Knowledge Sharing and Employee Innovative Work Behaviors

“…Researchers have well established the importance of innovative work behavior (IWB) in the context of organizational workplace setting. IWB refers to the intentional introduction and implementation of novel ideas in order to suggest new solutions to existing problems, to improve products/services, and to proactively explore new opportunities (De Jong & Den Hartog, 2010;Dong & Hawryszkiewycz, 2019). In order to align their business models in accordance with the current market needs, organizations need to foster and adopt innovative solutions and creative ideas (Javed et al, 2017).…”

“…Knowledge is regarded as the most valuable asset of an organization, because it contributes to individual and organizational success. Dong and Hawryszkiewycz (2019) stresses the growing importance of knowledge sharing among individuals of an organization, which in turn, enhances the innovative potential of its employees, thus resulting in increased knowledge creation and innovative potential. Knowledge sharing is a cyclical process in which individuals internalize shared knowledge and then transfer it to others through externalization (Shujahat et al, 2019).…”