INVESTIGATING THE LINK BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE SHARING AND INNOVATION CAPABILITY
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https://doi.org/10.32890/jtom2016.11.2.6Keywords:
Knowledge sharing, Individual factor, Knowledge sharing barriers, Knowledge sharing cultureAbstract
Nowadays, knowledge sharing has been acknowledged as a fundamental concept to achieve competitiveness. Organizations are encouraged to promote knowledge sharing since this activity will improve an organization’s competitive advantage through innovation capability. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the roles of knowledge sharing, individual factor, and innovation capability. Mainly, individual is a critical factor that influences whether employees wish to conduct knowledge sharing practice or not. To cope with barriers in knowledge sharing practice, organization must create a supportive culture. This paper suggested that organizations need to develop knowledge sharing culture as it is a key driver for the success of knowledge sharing to stimulate innovation capability.
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Brătianu, C. (2011). Barriers in Innovation and Knowledge Management in the Romanian. Management & Marketing, 6(4), 515–528.
Bock, G. W., & Kim, Y. G. (2001). Breaking the myths of rewards: An exploratory study of attitudes about knowledge sharing. Pacis 2001 proceedings, 78.
Bureš, V. (2003). Cultural barriers in knowledge sharing. E+M Economics and Management, 6, 57-62.
Carneiro, A. (2000). How does knowledge management influence innovation and competitiveness? Journal of Knowledge Management, 4(2), 87–98.
Cordeiro, A., & Vieira, F. (2012). Barriers to innovation amongst small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in portugal. In Proceedings of the 7th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship: ECIE (p. 97). Academic Conferences Limited
Christensen, P. H. (2005). Facilitating knowledge sharing : A conceptual framework. Available at SSRN 982071.
Connelly, C. E & Kelloway, E. K. (2003). Predictors of employees’ perceptions of knowledge sharing cultures. Leadership and Organization Development Journal, 24(5/6): 294-301. Leadership and Organization Development Journal, 24(5/6): 294-301.
Hu, M. L. M., Horng, J. S., & Sun, Y. H. C. (2009). Hospitality teams: Knowledge sharing and service innovation performance. Tourism Management, 30(1), 41-50.
Hu, L., & Randel, A. E. (2014). Knowledge sharing in teams: social capital, extrinsic incentives, and team innovation. Group & Organization Management, 39(2), 213–243.
Hoarau, H., & Kline, C. (2014). Science and industry: Sharing knowledge for innovation. Annals of Tourism Research, 46, 44-61.
Hoegl, M., Parboteeah, K. P., & Munson, C. L. (2003). Teamâ€level antecedents of individuals' knowledge networks. Decision Sciences, 34(4), 741-770.
Hong, D., Suh, E., & Koo, C. (2011). Developing strategies for overcoming barriers to knowledge sharing based on conversational knowledge management: A case study of a financial company. Expert Systems with Applications, 38(12), 14417–14427.
Jiménez-Jiménez, D., MartÃnez-Costa, M., & Sanz-Valle, R. (2014). Knowledge management practices for innovation: a multinational corporation’s perspective. Journal of Knowledge Management, 18(5), 905–918.
Johnson, J. D. (2001). Success in innovation implementation. Journal of Communication Management, 5(4), 341–359.
Kaewchur, O., Anussornnitisarn, P., & Phusavat, K. (2013). Mediating role of knowledge sharing on information technology and innovation. In Proceedings of 2013 International Conference on Technology Innovation and Industrial Management (pp. 29-31).
Kamașak, R., & Bulutlar, F. (2010). The influence of knowledge sharing on innovation. European Business Revies, 22(3).
Lawson, B., & Samson, D. (2001). Developing innovation capability in organisations : a Dynamic Capabilities Approach. International Journal of Innovation Management, 5(3), 377–400.
Lin, H. F. (2007a). Knowledge sharing and firm innovation capability: an empirical study. International Journal of manpower, 28(3/4), 315-332.
Lin, C. P. (2007b). To share or not to share: modeling knowledge sharing using exchange ideology as a moderator. Personnel Review, 36(3), 457-475.
Liu, Y., & Phillips, J. S. (2011). Examining the antecedents of knowledge sharing in facilitating team innovativeness from a multilevel perspective. International Journal of Information Management, 31(1), 44–52.
Long, C. S., Ghazali, N. I., Rasli., A., & Heng, L. H. (2012). The Relationship between Knowledge Sharing Culture and Innovation Capability: A Proposed Model. Journal of Basic and Applied Scientific Research, 2(9), 9558-9562.
Mat, N., Yaacob, N.A., & Melhem, S.B. (2016). Knowledge sharing effect on HRM practices and organisational innovation among Malaysia’s Four and Five Star Hotels, International Business Management, 10(16), 3580-3590.
Mehrabani, S. E., & Shajari, M. (2012). Knowledge management and innovation capacity. Journal of Management Research, 4(2), 164.
McDermott, R., & O'dell, C. (2001). Overcoming cultural barriers to sharing knowledge. Journal of knowledge management, 5(1), 76-85.
Nisula, A. M., & Kianto, A. (2013). Evaluating and developing innovation capabilities with a structured method. Interdisciplinary Journal of Information, Knowledge, and Management, 8, 59–82.
O’Connor, A., Roos, G., & Vickers-Willis, T. (2007). Evaluating an Australian public policy organization’s innovation capacity. European Journal of Innovation Management, 10(4), 532–558.
Ofori, D. (2015). Innovation and knowledge sharing: a new competitive advantage in the mobile telecommunication industry in Ghana. Science Journal of Business and Management, 3(5), 157.
Paulin, D., & Suneson, K. (2012). Knowledge Transfer, Knowledge Sharing and Knowledge Barriers – Three Blurry Terms in KM. Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management, 10(1), 81–91.
Rahab, Sulistyandari & Sudjono (2011), The development of innovation capability of small medium enterprises through knowledge sharing process: an empirical study of Indonesian creative industry. International Journal of Business and Social Science, 2(21), 112-123.
Riege, A. (2005). Threeâ€dozen knowledgeâ€sharing barriers managers must consider. Journal of Knowledge Management, 9(3), 18–35.
Riveraâ€Vazquez, J. C., Ortizâ€Fournier, L. V., & Rogelio Flores, F. (2009). Overcoming cultural barriers for innovation and knowledge sharing. Journal of Knowledge Management, 13(5), 257–270.
Ross, A. (2015). Establishing a system for innovation in a professional services firm. Business Horizons.
Sáenz, J., Aramburu, N., & Blanco, C. E. (2012). Knowledge sharing and innovation in Spanish and Colombian highâ€tech firms. Journal of Knowledge Management, 16(6), 919–933.
Šajeva, S. (2014). Encouraging knowledge sharing among employees: How reward matters. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 156(April), 130–134.
Senduk, V. A. (2014). Does knowledge sharing not make effect to innovation capabilities ? International Journal of Business and Management Invention, 3(12), 18–25.
Sliat, R. K., & Alnsour, M. S. (2013). Business Innovation through Knowledge Sharing: An Applied Study on the Jordanian Mobile Telecommunications Sector'. European Journal of Business and Management, 5(18).
Song, Z. H., Fan, L. B., & Chen, S. (2008, September). Knowledge sharing and innovation capability: Does absorptive capacity function as a mediator?. In 2008 International Conference on Management Science and Engineering 15th Annual Conference Proceedings (971-976).
Syed-Ikhsan, S.O.S. & Rowland, F. (2004). Knowledge management in a public organization: a study on the relationship between organizational elements and the performance of knowledge transfer. Journal of knowledge management, 8(2), 95-111.
Tan, C. L., & Nasurdin, A. M. (2011). Human Resource Management practices and organizational innovation: Assessing the mediating role of knowledge management effectiveness. Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management, 9(2), 155–167.
Taylor, W. A., & Wright, G. H. (2004). Organizational readiness for successful knowledge sharing: Challenges for public sector managers. Information resources management journal, 17(2), 22.
Van den Hooff, B., & Huysman, M. (2009). Managing knowledge sharing: Emergent and engineering approaches. Information & Management, 46(1), 1–8.
Wang, S., & Noe, R. A. (2010). Knowledge sharing: A review and directions for future research. Human Resource Management Review, 20(2), 115–131.
Weerawardena, J., & Coote, L. (2001). An empirical investigation into entrepreneurship and organizational innovation-based competitive strategy. Journal of Research in Marketing & Entrepreneurship, 3(1), 51–70.
Yeşil, S., Koska, A., & Büyükbeşe, T. (2013). Knowledge sharing process, innovation capability and innovation performance: an empirical study. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 75, 217–225.
Zohoori, M., Mohseni, S., & Samadi, B. (2013). The Relationship between Knowledge Sharing and Innovation in Electronic Industry of Iran. Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship Development, 1(June), 26–33.
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Usman, M., & Mat, N. (2016). INVESTIGATING THE LINK BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE SHARING AND INNOVATION CAPABILITY. Journal of Technology and Operations Management, 11(2), 58–67. https://doi.org/10.32890/jtom2016.11.2.6
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