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Promoting professionals' innovative behaviour through knowledge sharing : the moderating role of social capital

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Mura, Matteo, Lettieri, Emanuele, Radaelli, Giovanni and Spiller, Nicola (2013) Promoting professionals' innovative behaviour through knowledge sharing : the moderating role of social capital. Journal of Knowledge Management, 17 (4). pp. 527-544. doi:10.1108/JKM-03-2013-0105

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JKM-03-2013-0105

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Abstract

Purpose
– This study aims to offer new insights to further the understanding on the relevance of engaging employees in knowledge sharing behaviours in order to improve current operations.

Design/methodology/approach
– The authors' conceptual model proposes a direct relationship between knowledge sharing behaviours and employees' innovative behaviour, moderated by employees' perception of social capital. Six hypotheses were developed from the literature, grounded and tested among 198 employees of four hospices and palliative care organisations (H&PCOs) for dying cancer patients. All constructs were measured using multiple‐item scales that were adapted from previous related studies. The authors' hypotheses were tested using seemingly unrelated regression (SUR).

Findings
– This study has three main results. First, the authors found a positive role of knowledge sharing behaviours in affecting sharers' innovativeness, in terms of propensity and capacity to promote and implement new ideas. Second, sharing best practices and sharing mistakes are two distinct drivers of individuals' innovativeness. Third, individuals' perceptions of social capital have a relevant moderation effect on the linkage between knowledge sharing and innovative behaviour.

Originality/value
– Past research posited that knowledge sharing is convenient for others, and possibly at the expense of sharers' best interest. The authors' research was grounded on a different notion of knowledge sharing as: a self‐interested behaviour, which individuals deploy to generate a norm of reciprocity among knowledge recipients, which might create future benefits in the short term; and an improvement process, which individuals can use to translate new ideas into workable innovations.

Item Type: Journal Article
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Management
Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Knowledge Management
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
ISSN: 1367-3270
Official Date: 2013
Dates:
DateEvent
2013Published
5 April 2013Accepted
18 March 2013Submitted
Volume: 17
Number: 4
Page Range: pp. 527-544
DOI: 10.1108/JKM-03-2013-0105
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access

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