Journal of Knowledge Management: Volume 26 Issue 8

Exploring the impacts of network mechanisms on knowledge sharing and extra-role behavior

Chien Hsiang Liao

This study aims to not only develop measurements of preferential attachment and homophily mechanisms based on their definitions and network theory but also examine the…

Project manager knowledge hiding, subordinates’ work-related stress and turnover intentions: empirical evidence from Chinese NPD projects

Zhen Zhang, Min Min

Although scholars have provided sufficient empirical evidence on the effect of peer knowledge hiding on new product development (NPD) project team outcomes, little attention has…

Employee perceptions of corporate hypocrisy and knowledge hiding: roles of moral identity and organization-based self-esteem

Hongdan Zhao, Weiwei Liu

This paper aims to investigate a new predictor of knowledge hiding, namely, employee perceptions of corporate hypocrisy (PCH). Based on the social cognitive theory, this study…

The role of members’ lived experience in the evolution of online communities toward online communities of practice

Catherine Lejealle, Sylvaine Castellano, Insaf Khelladi

This paper aims to explore how the lived experience of online communities’ participants makes these communities evolve into online communities of practice (CoPs).

Employee acceptance of online platforms for knowledge sharing: exploring differences in usage behaviour

Tuyet-Mai Nguyen, Ashish Malik

This paper aims to examine the technology acceptance model’s applicability in understanding employees’ acceptance of online platforms for knowledge sharing in organisations…

Examining knowledge transfer and networks: an overview of the last twenty years

Marta Ferrer-Serrano, Lucio Fuentelsaz, Maria Pilar Latorre-Martinez

Knowledge transfer (KT) has been attracting significant attention from the scientific community. The need to establish collaborative network relationships to achieve effective KT…

Linking good counter-knowledge with bad counter knowledge: the impact of evasive knowledge hiding and defensive reasoning

Juan-Gabriel Cegarra-Navarro, Ettore Bolisani, Gabriel Cepeda-Carrión

Counter-knowledge is knowledge learned from unverified sources and can be classified as good (i.e. harmful, for instance, funny jokes) or bad (for example, lies to manipulate…

Knowledge-oriented leadership and technology standard innovation: a temporary-team perspective

Hong Jiang, Kazuyuki Motohashi, Wentao Liu, Xu Zhang

This study aims to investigate the relevance of knowledge-oriented leadership (KOL) to technology standard innovation (TSI) from a temporary-team perspective. The mediating and…

Every coin has two sides: the impact of time pressure on employees’ knowledge hiding

Xianchun Zhang, Zhu Yao, Wan Qunchao, Fu-Sheng Tsai

Time pressure is the most common kind of work pressure that employees face in the workplace; the existing research results on the effect of time pressure are highly controversial…

The circular economy, environmental performance and environmental management systems: the role of absorptive capacity

Luca Marrucci, Tiberio Daddi, Fabio Iraldo

Despite the general interest in the circular economy, organisations have difficulties in implementing circular practices. Developing absorptive capacity (ACAP) may foster…

Knowledge management and modern digital transformation of the property management industry in China

Qiang Shen, Yukun Hua, Yuxing Huang, Richard Ebstein, Xiaofen Yu, Zhihua Wu

In the current urban and increasingly digital/information era, the service of property management towards residents is of key importance to the well-being of society, which is…