Informal Network Structure and Knowledge Sharing in Organizations: An Empirical Study of a Korean Paint Manufacturing Company

Yoon, Woojin; Jeong, Jae-Yun; Park, Kyoung Won

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“…Assuming a positive work environment and capable employees, these relationships grow over time, with diminishing returns as the tenure of the relationship increases [59]. We generalize this behavior with the standard cumulative exponential function shown in Equation (1). As the number of overlapping days increases, the quantity increases towards one, with diminishing returns determined by the λ o term.…”

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“…T HE crucial role of informal social networks in fostering organizational success has been underscored in numerous studies [1]- [4]. Such networks, which exist outside the confines of the formal organizational hierarchy, significantly bolster communication [5], knowledge transfer [6]- [8], and innovation [9,10].…”

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“…The crux of the problem centers on the pressing demand for efficient, unobtrusive methods that not only delineate these informal social networks, but also quantify knowledge and examine its flow within the organization. Despite the availability of existing methods that map these networks via sociometric badges [12]- [14], email [15], and surveys [1,3], these approaches are hampered by efficiency and intrusiveness issues. More critically, these techniques primarily concentrate on the network structure or connections, largely ignoring the essential task of knowledge quantification or analysis of knowledge flow at the individual level.…”

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Unveiling Knowledge Structures Within Organizations: A Novel Network Weighting Framework

Caddell,

Rose Nilchiani,

Ramirez-Marquez

2024

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Organizations increasingly recognize the pivotal role of knowledge and relationships in driving effective communication, collaboration, and innovation. However, existing approaches for knowledge-based social network analysis often rely on intrusive or labor-intensive data collection methods, which restricts their practical application. This study presents a novel framework for the generation and scrutiny of knowledge networks within organizations. Unlike the existing methods, our proposed approach leverages readily available administrative data, obviating the need for intrusive employee monitoring. This feature enables continuous organizational monitoring of intellectual capital and aids in predicting the ramifications of future staffing changes. Furthermore, our novel adaptable network weighting method provides a nuanced view of the knowledge and relational dynamics that are often not detected by traditional approaches. By utilizing flow-based centrality metrics, the model captures the emergent structural properties that may otherwise be overlooked. Thus the proposed framework offers a holistic, flexible, and efficient tool for mapping and understanding organizational knowledge dynamics.INDEX TERMS knowledge management, knowledge visualization, social network analysis I. INTRODUCTION

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2024

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“…Obtaining funds through social networks involves leveraging their extended networks to obtain financial support through collaboration from various sources, including partners, investors, or collaborators (Vrontis et al 2021;Troise et al 2020). Collaboration can also contribute to fostering social capital, entrepreneurship education, and technological knowledge, among other things (Yoon et al 2021;Vrontis et al 2021;Troise et al 2020). Collaborative efforts mutually benefit organizations and expose them to innovative business practices and technological knowledge.…”

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Exploring the Potential of Open Innovation for Co-Creation in Entrepreneurship: A Systematic Literature Review

Portuguez-Castro

2023

Administrative Sciences

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In recent years, the concept of open innovation has garnered interest among companies due to its potential for generating new models and practices. This study aimed to explore the potential of open innovation for co-creation in entrepreneurship. To achieve this, a systematic literature review (SLR) was conducted, analyzing 53 scientific articles from the Scopus and Web of Science (WOS) databases. The analysis focused on the characteristics related to co-creation and open innovation, the actors involved in these processes, the strategies employed, and the benefits and challenges encountered. The results revealed that: (a) co-creation and open innovation activities enable entrepreneurs to expand their knowledge base through collaboration with diverse stakeholders; (b) the strategies implemented by entrepreneurs have been beneficial in promoting innovation and the creation of shared value, particularly in the development of technologies and new markets; (c) despite recognizing the importance of this collaboration, there are still challenges to be addressed to maximize the advantages of co-creation and open innovation, such as resource scarcity and collaboration skills. Therefore, this study aimed to provide value to entrepreneurs, organizations supporting entrepreneurship, decision-makers, and the community at large in designing programs and mechanisms that foster co-creation and open innovation competencies.

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“…Functionally connected units with their aligned goals need to work toward the undisputed goal of the company (Gagne et al, 2019a,b). The modern era of technology, which can track every single lub-dub of the heart, measures each contribution of an employee in the minutest detail possible so as to ensure proper compensation in terms of short-and long-term incentives (Yoon et al, 2021). Incentivization has raised not only the bars of efficiency and competition, but also heightened the importance of knowledge sharing.…”

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How Knowledge-Hiding Behavior Among Manufacturing Professionals Influences Functional Interdependence and Turnover Intention

Jena

Swain

2021

Front. Psychol.

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Objectives: Knowledge hiding is inappropriate behavior of employees at the workplace that makes the entire organization suffer a subtle yet significant loss. Lack of sharing makes the journey of learning an arduous process. This, in turn, gives rise to a series of uncivil behaviors, hence resulting in a decrease of functional interdependence (FI). The cascading result toll is a turnover intention (TI), resting only after turnover—an actual separation from the employer. Statistical analysis of the empirical data collected depicts the intensity of influence of FI and TI as a result of the knowledge-hiding behavior.Methods: Three hundred sixty-three executives employed in three public and two private manufacturing organizations in eastern India were the respondents in our study. To analyze the difference in variables of the study, a t-test was carried out. The statistical findings suggest no significant difference among study variables. This specifies that, despite a considerable difference in levels of management, there was no significant difference in perceiving workplace incivility, knowledge-hiding behavior, FI, and TI items of our instruments.Results: Correlation findings show a negative association between workplace incivility and functional interdependence (r = −0.37 when the value of p is <0.01) and a positive association among workplace incivility and turnover intention (r = 0.32 when the value of p is <0.01). The condensed effect of workplace incivility (β = −0.59 when the value of p is <0.001) along with an important presence of knowledge-hiding behavior (β = −0.68 when the value of p is <0.01) when the dependent variable is FI indicates that knowledge-hiding behavior is mediating a partial association among workplace incivility and FI. Similarly, the effect of workplace incivility (β = 0.43 when the value of p is <0.01) is decreased when the impact of knowledge-hiding behavior (β = 0.66 when the value of p is <0.001) was sizeable with TI being the dependent variable.Conclusion: The effect of knowledge hiding is inversely proportional to FI, whereas sharing has a direct relation with TI. An exhaustive data sample and a rigorous statistical analysis may give a clear picture of the amount of impact of TI and FI due to the lack of knowledge sharing and/or knowledge hiding.

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Informal Network Structure and Knowledge Sharing in Organizations: An Empirical Study of a Korean Paint Manufacturing Company

Cited by 9 publications

References 86 publications

Unveiling Knowledge Structures Within Organizations: A Novel Network Weighting Framework

Unveiling Knowledge Structures Within Organizations: A Novel Network Weighting Framework

Exploring the Potential of Open Innovation for Co-Creation in Entrepreneurship: A Systematic Literature Review

How Knowledge-Hiding Behavior Among Manufacturing Professionals Influences Functional Interdependence and Turnover Intention

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