The impacts of trust and feelings on knowledge sharing among chinese employees

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Jijin Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Explicit Knowledge ◽  
The Other ◽  
Differential Effects ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Knowledge Seeking

This article examines the differential effects of two types of trust (affect based and cognition based) and two types of feelings (ganqing and jiaoqing) on different knowledge-sharing processes (seeking, transfer, and adoption) among Chinese employees. The influences of these different types of trust and feelings on Chinese employeesʼ propensities to seek, transfer, and adopt explicit and tacit knowledge are also analyzed and discussed. The analysis shows affect-based trust increases knowledge transfer, while cognition-based trust is more important to knowledge seeking and adoption. Affect-based trust alone can facilitate the different processes of sharing explicit knowledge. Effective sharing of tacit knowledge, on the other hand, requires the simul-taneous support from affect-based trust and cognition-based trust. Ganqing and jiaoqing are also important in knowledge transfer and adoption. Either feeling may increase the likelihood to seek, transfer, and adopt explicit knowledge by itself. The influences of both feelings on tacit knowledge seeking, transfer, and adoption hinge on the presence of cognition-based trust.

Interpersonal Trust and Knowledge Seeking in China

2020 ◽  
pp. 127-147
Author(s):  
Michael J. Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Explicit Knowledge ◽  
Interpersonal Trust ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Mba Students ◽  
Types Of Knowledge ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Knowledge Seeking

In this chapter, a study that investigated the roles of interpersonal trust in knowledge seeking in China is presented. Specifically, the study examined and tested the effects of two distinct types of interpersonal trust (cognition-based and sincerity-based) on Chinese employees' willingness to seeking two different types of knowledge (explicit and tacit). Using data from a survey of 243 Chinese MBA students at two universities in China, the study found both types of interpersonal trust positively related to explicit knowledge seeking as well as tacit knowledge seeking. The study also found that cognition-based trust had a stronger relationship with seeking of both explicit and tacit knowledge than sincerity-based trust. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.

To Ask or Not to Ask

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Jijin Zhang ◽  
Honghua Chen
Keyword(s):  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Explicit Knowledge ◽  
Interpersonal Trust ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Chinese Firms ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Types Of Knowledge ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Knowledge Seeking

This article looks to investigate the roles of interpersonal trust in knowledge seeking. Specifically, the article examines and tests the effects of two distinct types of interpersonal trust (affect-based trust and cognition-based trust) on willingness to seek two different types of knowledge (explicit and tacit). Using data from a survey of 143 employees from Chinese firms, the article found that both types of interpersonal trust positively related to explicit knowledge seeking, as well as tacit knowledge seeking. The article also found that cognition-based trust had a stronger relationship with seeking of both explicit and tacit knowledge than affect-based trust. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.

scholarly journals Simulation of Knowledge Transfer Process Model Between Universities: A Perspective of Cluster Innovation Network

Complexity ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fang Wei ◽  
Xiao Limin
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Transfer Process ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Explicit Knowledge ◽  
Potential Difference ◽  
Dynamic Evolution ◽  
Innovation Network ◽  
Knowledge Level

Combined with the basic properties of the cluster innovation network, with the cluster innovation network, which can be composed of different universities that have knowledge potential difference as the research object, the knowledge transfer process is divided into four stages: knowledge externalization, knowledge sharing, knowledge innovation, and knowledge internalization, and the article constructs a knowledge transfer process model through introducing explicit knowledge and tacit knowledge conversion effect mechanism. According to the theory of complex adaptive system, the principle of network connection oriented the knowledge potential difference and the characteristic of the explicit knowledge and tacit knowledge within universities. We research the knowledge transfer process of universities using the system simulation method and focus on the evolution mechanism of the cluster innovation network’s knowledge level at knowledge externalization and knowledge sharing stage. It further reveals the basic topology structure and dynamic evolution law of universities cluster innovation network. We find that both knowledge externalization efficiency and knowledge learning ability have positive correlation with the general knowledge level of network. The evident small-world network characteristic emerges during the dynamic evolution of universities cluster innovation network. Meanwhile, there exists a coupling evolution between the knowledge level of universities and the topology structure of the cluster innovation network.

THE EFFECTS OF HRM-RELATED MECHANISMS ON COMMUNICATION IN R&D COLLABORATION

2010 ◽  
Vol 14 (03) ◽  
pp. 415-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
HEIDI OLANDER ◽  
PIA HURMELINNA-LAUKKANEN
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Knowledge Flows ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Set Up

Prior research has shown that the level of communication has an effect on the learning outcomes in R&D alliances and, subsequently, on performance. The level of communication depends on issues such as the systems that enhance knowledge sharing and the factors that deter knowledge flows, such as tacitness of knowledge and (deliberate) barriers set up to limit knowledge transfer. Innovations and value can only be created through sufficiently open knowledge sharing. But on the other hand, too open knowledge sharing might outrun the value gained by innovations if the knowledge lost would leave the knowledge sharing firm vulnerable. Yet, there is still a lack of understanding on which factors are responsible of the level of communication and to what extent. In particular, it has often been forgotten that HRM-related mechanisms are not only functional within firms, but also between firms. Thus, in this study, the HRM-related mechanisms that contribute to both of these areas are examined by using empirical quantitative data gathered from 83 Finnish R&D intensive firms.

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SEBAGAI STRATEGI REVOLUSI PENGETAHUAN PROFESI DHARMADUTA

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heriyanto
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Human Factor ◽  
Explicit Knowledge ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Communication And Technology

The purpose of this article was to describe the knowledge management in dharmaduta profession. Data were collected through various resources such as books and other primary and secondary references. The analysis method that used was content analysis descriptive explanations and had been narratively discussed in depth. The result of this article in form and knowledge management pattern in dharmaduta profession, which can be used to support the assignment and its function. Here are patterns and knowledge management form that have to be implemented by a dharmaduta: Learning for an instructor/ a dharma preacher, knowledge sharing and knowledge transfer for a dharmaduta preacher, knowledge storage and externalization, organisation environment and the implementation of dharmaduta knowledge, explicit knowledge become tacit knowledge and other supportive factor, such as human factor and Information Communication and Technology (ICT).

scholarly journals KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT DHARMADUTA

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heriyanto
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Explicit Knowledge

Tujuan kajian adalah mendeskripsikan bagaimana knowledge management dalam profesi dharmaduta. Data-data dikumpulkan melalui berbagai pustaka, seperti buku-buku dan sumber referensi lain baik primer dan skunder. Untuk selanjutanya metode analisis yang digunakan adalah konten analisis, dengan penjabaran secara deskriptif dan menarasikan kembali secara mendalam. Hasil kajian mendeskripsikan bentuk dan pola knowledge management dalam profesi dharmaduta yang dapat digunakan dalam mendukung dan efektivitas tugas dan fungsi. Pembelajaran untuk dharmaduta, knowledge sharing dan knowledge transfer bagi dharmaduta, knowledge storage dan externalization, lingkungan organisasi dan implementasi knowledge dharmaduta, explicit knowledge menjadi tacit knowledge, dan faktor pendukung tambahan seperti faktor manusia dan Teknologi Informasi dan Komunikasi (TIK) merupakan pola dan bentuk knowledge management yang harus segera diimplementasikan oleh seorang dharmaduta.

The death of distance, revisited: disseminative capacity and knowledge transfer

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chansoo Park
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Explicit Knowledge ◽  
Psychic Distance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Tacit Knowledge Transfer ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Foreign Parent

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess how the transfer of explicit and tacit knowledge is affected by the knowledge disseminative capacity of a foreign parent firm, with an emphasis on the moderating role of psychic distance, by developing and testing a theoretical model of international joint venture (IJV) learning. Design/methodology/approach The author tested the hypotheses with survey data collected from 199 IJVs in South Korea, estimating a structural equation model using AMOS 23.0. Findings The authors found that the capacity of the foreign parent to disseminate knowledge to the IJV has a greater impact on explicit knowledge transfer than tacit knowledge transfer. He also found that the relationship between disseminative capacity and explicit knowledge transfer is significantly moderated by psychic distance, but the relationship between disseminative capacity and tacit knowledge transfer is not. Originality/value The results are critical for IJVs and parent firms seeking to improve knowledge transfer, as they establish the importance of parent firms’ disseminative capacities and the moderating role of psychic distance in the process of both tacit and explicit knowledge transfer. This research addresses the research gap regarding disseminative capacity by providing empirical evidence.

The influence mechanism of rewards on knowledge sharing behaviors in virtual communities

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nan Wang ◽  
Jielin Yin ◽  
Zhenzhong Ma ◽  
Maolin Liao
Keyword(s):  
Intrinsic Motivation ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Explicit Knowledge ◽  
Virtual Community ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Integrated Framework ◽  
Tacit Knowledge Sharing

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the effects of organizational rewards on two forms of knowledge sharing – explicit knowledge sharing and tacit knowledge sharing in virtual communities, and further to explore the mediating effect of intrinsic motivation on the effect of virtual community rewards on implicit knowledge sharing. Design/methodology/approach Based on relevant knowledge sharing theories, this study develops an integrated framework to explore virtual community rewards and tacit and explicit knowledge sharing in a virtual context. This study then collected data from 429 virtual community users in four virtual communities via an online survey. Hierarchical regression analyzes were used to test the proposed research model. Findings The results of this study show that virtual rewards have a significantly positive linear relationship with explicit knowledge sharing but have an inverse U-shape relationship with tacit knowledge sharing in virtual communities. In addition, intrinsic motivations including enjoyment and self-efficacy mediate the relationship between rewards and tacit knowledge sharing. Practical implications This study suggests more virtual community rewards may not always lead to more tacit knowledge sharing. Instead, too many rewards may weaken the motivation for tacit knowledge sharing. Knowledge management practitioners should make full use of the positive impact of self-efficacy and enjoyment to set up appropriate reward incentives to encourage knowledge-sharing, in particular, tacit knowledge sharing and to better manage virtual communities. Originality/value This study explores knowledge-sharing behavior in virtual communities, an important step toward more integrated knowledge-sharing theories. While online communities have become increasingly important for today’s knowledge economy, few studies have explored knowledge and knowledge sharing in a virtual context and this study helps to bridge the gap. In addition, this study develops an integrated framework to explore the mechanism through which virtual community rewards affect knowledge sharing with intrinsic motivation mediating this relationship in online communities, which further enriches the understanding on how to use virtual rewards to motivate knowledge sharing behaviors in the virtual context.

Knowledge Management in Agile Methods Context

2014 ◽  
pp. 1675-1709
Author(s):  
Zaidoun Alzoabi
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Explicit Knowledge ◽  
Agile Methods ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Informal Knowledge ◽  
Extensive Documentation ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
Management Techniques

Agile methods are characterized with flexibility, reliance on tacit knowledge, and face to face communication in contrast to traditional methods that rely on explicit knowledge sharing mechanism, extensive documentation, and formal means of communication. In this chapter, the authors will have a look at the knowledge management techniques used in different software development processes with focus on agile methods. Then they will test the claim of more informal knowledge sharing and see the mechanisms used to exchange and document knowledge. The test is on the basis of a survey conducted by Scott Ambler in 2009, where he surveyed over 300 agile practitioners asking them about mechanisms used and in which context every mechanism is applied.

Assessing the Utilization of Automata in Representing Players' Behaviors in Game Theory

Game Theory ◽  
2017 ◽  
pp. 106-119
Author(s):  
Khaled Suwais
Keyword(s):  
Game Theory ◽  
Cellular Automata ◽  
Finite Automata ◽  
The State ◽  
The Other ◽  
Direct Impact ◽  
Complex Environments ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Different Types ◽  
State Of Art

Representing players' strategies in game theory has a direct impact on the players' performance. The state of art shows that automata are one of the primary techniques used for representing players' strategies and behaviors. In this paper, the author will identify different types of automata and assess their utilization in the field of game theory. Is has been found that finite automata, adaptive automata, and cellular automata are widely adopted in game theory. The utilization of finite automata is found to be limited to represent simpler players' behavior. On the other hand, adaptive automata and cellular automata are intensively applied in complex environments, where the number of interacted players is large and therefore, representing complex behaviors are needed.

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