Knowledge sharing behaviour within organisations; a diary-based study of unplanned meetings between researchers

Abstract

This paper analyses Knowledge Sharing (KS) behaviour of employees during unplanned, work-related face-to-face meetings with colleagues. Hypotheses were formulated from theory on how this behaviour relates to three categories of known KS antecedents (knowledge components, organisational distance, and network aspects). Data are obtained from detailed diaries on behaviour of 138 R&D employees of a research-based multinational company during their unplanned KS meetings with each other. Results show that such meetings show a lot of tacit KS and thus should not be overlooked in KS strategies. Also, the KS behaviour during these meetings relates significantly to several KS antecedents and for example, KS activities differ during meetings within and between teams. The data also suggest that a stronger emphasis on intentional unplanned meetings and a culture of shared responsibility for problems would yield more employee involvement and tacit KS, than simply steering on teams structure.

Linking coopetition benefits and innovative performance within small and medium-sized enterprises networks: a strategic approach on knowledge sharing and direct collaboration

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Relaciones entre las fases del proceso de gestión del conocimiento en unidades académicas

“…A su turno, el proceso de compartir conocimiento emerge una vez que este ya ha sido creado y/o almacenado, es decir, en cuanto existe un nuevo conocimiento y se produce un intercambio que permite la transferencia colectiva del mismo (Appel-Meulenbroek et al, 2018). Como lo señalan Bashir y Farooq (2019), al compartir conocimiento se generan sinergias que hacen que el conocimiento inicial aumente su valor y su potencial de impacto positivo en las organizaciones.…”

“…Por otra parte, los hallazgos también evidenciaron que existen otras variables que afectan a las distintas fases de la gestión del conocimiento. Esto de igual manera se encuentra en línea con la literatura, ya que aquí existen estudios empíricos que relacionan a estas con factores relacionados a la cultura de los países (Duan et al, 2020), la capacidad de absorción de las empresas (Costa y Monteiro, 2018;Men et al, 2019), las reuniones intencionales no planificadas y una cultura organizacional de responsabilidad compartida ante los problemas (Appel-Meulenbroek et al, 2018), entre otros.…”

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