The mediating role of social dynamics in the influence of absorptive capacity and tacit knowledge sharing on project performance
Business Process Management Journal
ISSN: 1463-7154
Article publication date: 2 January 2023
Issue publication date: 13 January 2023
Abstract
Purpose
This research aims to establish a comprehensive approach that integrates the aspects to describe how knowledge is focused, developed, reassigned, and implemented to increase project effectiveness. This study examines the interaction of social factors that influences tacit knowledge sharing, absorptive capacity, and project site performance.
Design/methodology/approach
The data were collected from Chinese project-based organizations and examined using structural equation modeling (SEM) to test the model and evaluate the hypothesis.
Findings
The findings reveal that good knowledge governance and tacit knowledge sharing are essential prerequisites to boost the project’s absorptive capability. Furthermore, social dynamics favorably modify the link between absorptive capacity, tacit knowledge sharing, and project results. The findings are supportive of the proposed model in general.
Originality/value
This research addresses the critical issue of project knowledge management systems and presents a comprehensive framework that broadens the technical and interpretative bounds of current models designed to achieve project success.
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Acknowledgements
Funding: This work was supported by the National Social Science Fund of China (Grant No. 19BTQ035)
Declaration of Conflict of Interest: The author declares that there is no conflict of interest.
Citation
Boamah, F.A., Zhang, J., Shehzad, M.U. and Ahmad, M. (2023), "The mediating role of social dynamics in the influence of absorptive capacity and tacit knowledge sharing on project performance", Business Process Management Journal, Vol. 29 No. 1, pp. 240-261. https://doi.org/10.1108/BPMJ-07-2022-0341
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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