Tacit knowledge sharing and creative performance: a transformative learning perspective
Development and Learning in Organizations
ISSN: 1477-7282
Article publication date: 24 October 2021
Issue publication date: 16 May 2022
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between tacit knowledge-sharing and creative performance of employees from a transformative learning perspective.
Design/methodology/approach
This paper uses Structural Equation Modeling to analyze data collected from 440 employees working in Information Technology industry, using a survey-based questionnaire.
Findings
The dimensions of tacit knowledge-sharing - tacit knowledge-seeking and tacit knowledge-contribution, positively affect employees' creative performance. Further, an individual’s bisociative cognitive style reinforces the positive association between tacit knowledge-sharing and employee creativity.
Originality/value
The study contributes to the field of knowledge management by using a new theoretical lens, Transformative Learning Theory, to examine how tacit knowledge-sharing adds value to knowledge workers in terms of enhancing their creativity.
Keywords
Citation
Mohammed, N. and Kamalanabhan, T.J. (2022), "Tacit knowledge sharing and creative performance: a transformative learning perspective", Development and Learning in Organizations, Vol. 36 No. 4, pp. 5-8. https://doi.org/10.1108/DLO-09-2021-0161
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2021, Emerald Publishing Limited