Knowledge sharing and knowledge effectiveness: learning orientation and co-production in the contingency model of tacit knowledge
Abstract
Purpose
This study focuses on the relationship between knowledge sharing and knowledge effectiveness. By learning orientation and co-production, this study demonstrates the indirect effects of knowledge sharing on knowledge effectiveness. Moreover, the direct and indirect effects of knowledge sharing – which vary with the different levels of tacit knowledge – on knowledge effectiveness are examined.
Design/methodology/approach
The proposed model is tested using a structural equation model that involves LISREL and multi-group analyses.
Findings
Knowledge sharing increasingly affects knowledge effectiveness under the condition of explicit knowledge. The mediating roles of learning orientation and co-production in the process of tacit knowledge sharing become apparent.
Originality/value
Knowledge sharing across organizations can be regarded as a dynamic process. In view of the increasing importance of knowledge sharing across organizations, this study provides insight into the method of receiving useful knowledge across organizations.
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Acknowledgements
Received 17 April 2011 Revised 15 September 2012 Accepted 11 October 2012
Citation
Wu, L.-W. and Lin, J.-R. (2013), "Knowledge sharing and knowledge effectiveness: learning orientation and co-production in the contingency model of tacit knowledge", Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, Vol. 28 No. 8, pp. 672-686. https://doi.org/10.1108/JBIM-04-2011-0050
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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