The Reaserch on Characteristics of Knowledge Workers and Their Motivating Factors: A Review and Comparison Study

Zhan, Hong; Tang, Tian; Yue, Zhang

doi:10.4236/ajibm.2013.36064

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“…To be effective, transformational leaders need to empower their team members and provide them opportunities to develop their capabilities (Kark et al, 2003;Si and Wei, 2012). Empowering project teams is especially vital due to the increasingly dynamic and fast-paced nature of work (Tjosvold et al, 2005), especially in knowledge-driven industries such as IT (Zhan et al, 2013). This may be achieved by permeating a "climate of empowerment" within the project.…”

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“…Hence, an empowerment climate enables the delegation of authority and responsibility to employees (Leach et al, 2003;Mathieu et al, 2006). Knowledge workers in particular, such as those in the IT industry, tend to prefer an environment of independence where they are empowered to make decisions (Zhan et al, 2013). Furthermore, the findings of Nauman et al (2010) indicate that empowerment climate is also important for effective virtual project management.…”

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Enhancing the impact of transformational leadership and team-building on project success: the moderating role of empowerment climate

Nauman

Musawir

Munir

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PurposeThis study examines the mechanisms and conditions that influence how transformational leadership affects project success through the lens of social information processing theory.Design/methodology/approachA dual-stage moderated mediation model was proposed wherein the effect of transformational leadership on project success is mediated by team building, and empowering climate moderates the direct and indirect effects at both the first and second stages. The model was tested based on 370 survey responses of project management practitioners from Pakistan's IT industry. The measurement model was analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Moderated mediation analyses were conducted using Hayes' PROCESS macro.FindingsThe findings suggest that team-building partially mediates the effect of transformational leadership on project success. Furthermore, the conditional indirect effect of transformational leadership on project success via team-building is strengthened at both the first and second stages at higher levels of empowerment climate.Practical implicationsIt is recommended that project managers and project-intensive organizations should strive to cultivate an empowerment climate to fully realize the beneficial effects of transformational leadership behaviors in enhancing positive team outcomes and, consequently, overall project performance.Originality/valueThis study broadly contributes to the literature on the influence of project managers' leadership styles on project outcomes. Specifically, we elucidate the role of empowerment climate as an important boundary condition that enhances the beneficial effects of transformational leadership. Furthermore, we extend the application of social information processing theory to the context of projects.

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Enhancing the impact of transformational leadership and team-building on project success: the moderating role of empowerment climate

Nauman

Musawir

Munir

et al. 2021

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“…Cochran and Ferrari (2009) identify the skills for success in the knowledge economy as follows: thinking skills, communication, teamwork and leadership, continuous learning and self-direction, technology adoption and application, professionalism and ethics. The research conducted by Zhan et al (2013) posits 35 characteristics of KWs by using the common features concluded in more than 10 studies. These characteristics are independence, high level of turnover, creativity, being challenging to supervise the work processes, realising self-value, being difficult to measure the work results, knowledge capital, dimly bounds of leadership and being contemptuous of the authority, being loyal to the occupations instead of employers, individual characters (Zhan et al, 2013).…”

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“…The research conducted by Zhan et al (2013) posits 35 characteristics of KWs by using the common features concluded in more than 10 studies. These characteristics are independence, high level of turnover, creativity, being challenging to supervise the work processes, realising self-value, being difficult to measure the work results, knowledge capital, dimly bounds of leadership and being contemptuous of the authority, being loyal to the occupations instead of employers, individual characters (Zhan et al, 2013). The common characteristics of KWs concluded from the literature are classified in this study as communication, motivation, autonomy, possessing theoretical and practical knowledge, ability to access and use information, and intellectual ability.…”

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Exploring Knowledge Workers in the Turkish Construction Sector

Akgün

Yaman

2020

Period. Polytech. Arch.

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This research focuses on evaluating the potential of architects/engineers as Knowledge Workers (KW) operating in the Turkish construction sector. A survey to identify the presence of KWs was prepared and applied to 113 of 324 employees, including architects and engineers from 138 different large-scale Turkish contractor companies (head offices, design offices, technical offices and construction sites). The survey consists of two main sections that (1) recognise the profile of the participants and companies and (2) six sub-sections as communication, motivation, autonomy, possessing theoretical and practical knowledge, ability to access and use information, and intellectual ability. The results of the survey indicate that architects have a higher potential to be identified as KWs than engineers in the Turkish construction sector. Furthermore, the number of KWs among the design and head office workers is higher, because there are a higher number of architects working in these departments.The potential of being a KW increases in parallel to the level of education of the employees, which is determined from a Bachelor's degree and PhD degree. When examining gender statistics in the survey, women employees have higher scores than men. The findings of this study should guide the construction sector professionals in Turkey as well as those from other countries who seek to identify the KWs in the contractor companies. This research, with the approach and methodology, may provide better management of human resources by identifying and placing these valuable employees correctly.

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“…It also indicates their level of readiness for facing hard situations, challenging weaknesses in plans and strategies and concurring them [9]. as well as the ability to refresh their knowledge and their abilities to adapt to complex missions of various environments of works [10]. So knowledge workers, in the light of this dimension (of Challenge and Achievement), employ their precious skills and knowledge developed through experience in performing works and solving perplex and unfamiliar problems they face in environments of relational resources and accumulated knowledge [11] .…”

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Knowledge Workers and their Role in Building Strategic Capabilities" Analytical Research in the Faculties of University of Salaheddin /Erbil

2017

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Abstract:The current paper (research) is an attempt to focus the light on the role of knowledge workers (a statistically significant variable of influence) in building the strategic capabilities (as a responsive variable) and finding out about the reality of adopting these two concepts by the faculties of University of Salahaddin /Erbil in order to test both the correlation and the effect of those concepts as well as the existence or the non-existence of any statistically significant differences among the variables used in the research so that to be able to suggest a number of recommendations helpful in building strategic capabilities beneficial for the researched university. The point in conducting the research was to inspect the availability of knowledge workers dimensions and the role of those dimensions in building the desired strategic capabilities. The analytical descriptive method was used in conducting this paper which also focused on the academic leaderships of University of Salahaddin / Erbil (106 faculty members) including Deans, Assistant Deans and Heads of Faculties. Samples were collected from 97 participants (respondents) so that the research was able to reach a number of conclusions on top of which was the existence of statistically significant correlation between knowledge workers and strategic capabilities in addition to the moral influence of knowledge workers in building strategic capabilities which, in part, indicated that knowledge workers had enough intellectual and mental qualifications enabling them to be regarded as an essential resource to be used in building strategic capabilities. On top of the recommendations suggested was to provide an organizational environment to assist in nurturing and developing mindsets so that to support the role of knowledge workers, as well as to revise the financial incentives and honorary rewards currently adopted by the researched faculties

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The Reaserch on Characteristics of Knowledge Workers and Their Motivating Factors: A Review and Comparison Study

Cited by 8 publications

References 11 publications

Enhancing the impact of transformational leadership and team-building on project success: the moderating role of empowerment climate

Enhancing the impact of transformational leadership and team-building on project success: the moderating role of empowerment climate

Exploring Knowledge Workers in the Turkish Construction Sector

Knowledge Workers and their Role in Building Strategic Capabilities" Analytical Research in the Faculties of University of Salaheddin /Erbil

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