Journal of Knowledge Management ( IF 6.6 ) Pub Date : 2024-11-07 , DOI: 10.1108/jkm-02-2024-0164 Ji Zou, Mengya Li, Delin Yang
Purpose
This study aims to address the issue of perfunctory sharing that arises in knowledge governance due to a lack of willingness to share knowledge between individuals within the same organization. This knowledge-sharing process does not occur simultaneously for both parties but follows a sequential progression. Additionally, this governance model fully considers the willingness of both parties to share and effectively addresses the two knowledge characteristics that influence their willingness to do so.
Design/methodology/approach
This study follows inductive logic and primarily adopts an interpretive case study approach to conduct a longitudinal exploratory case study. An incubator enterprise with active knowledge-sharing activities and significant knowledge governance effects is selected as the research subject. The governance system is explained through the lens of prospect theory at the mechanism level.
Findings
In the study of the knowledge-sharing process, the authors observed a new challenge: perfunctory behavior, whereby individuals engage in knowledge-sharing activities that lack substantial effects as a way to avoid genuine sharing. From this, a new knowledge-sharing model was extracted, the cold start and hot feedback model, which follows a sequential (rather than simultaneous) progression. Using the deterministic effect of prospect theory and the principle of reference dependence, the governance mechanism of corporate knowledge sharing was analyzed from the perspective of knowledge-sharing willingness.
Research limitations/implications
Based on prospect theory, this study primarily explains how the governance mechanism influences the willingness to share knowledge from the perspective of four principles. In the future, threat rigidity theory and commitment escalation theory can be combined to further analyze the willingness to share knowledge from the perspectives of pressure and cost. Empirical research methods can also be used to test and enrich the research results of this paper.
Originality/value
After considering the willingness to share knowledge, a new knowledge-sharing model and corresponding knowledge-sharing governance model are proposed, and prospect theory is extended to the knowledge-based theory research field.
中文翻译:
冷启动和热反馈:一种从前景理论角度考虑个人意愿的知识共享和治理模型
目的
本研究旨在解决知识治理中由于缺乏在同一组织内的个体之间分享知识的意愿而出现的敷衍分享问题。这种知识共享过程对双方来说不是同时发生的,而是遵循一个连续的过程。此外,该治理模型充分考虑了双方共享的意愿,并有效解决了影响双方共享意愿的两个知识特征。
设计/方法/方法
本研究遵循归纳逻辑,主要采用解释性案例研究方法进行纵向探索性案例研究。选择具有积极知识共享活动和显著知识治理效果的孵化企业作为研究对象。治理系统通过机制层面的前景理论的视角进行解释。
发现
在对知识共享过程的研究中,作者观察到一个新的挑战:敷衍行为,即个人参与缺乏实质性效果的知识共享活动,以避免真正的共享。由此,提取了一个新的知识共享模型,即冷启动和热反馈模型,它遵循顺序(而不是同时)的进展。利用前景理论的决定论效应和参考依赖原则,从知识共享意愿的角度分析了企业知识共享的治理机制。
研究局限性/影响
基于前景理论,本研究主要从四个原则的角度解释了治理机制如何影响知识共享意愿。未来,可以结合威胁刚性理论和承诺升级理论,从压力和成本的角度进一步分析分享知识的意愿。实证研究方法也可用于检验和丰富本文的研究成果。
原创性/价值
在考虑了知识共享意愿的基础上,提出了一种新的知识共享模型和相应的知识共享治理模型,并将前景理论扩展到基于知识的理论研究领域。