Knowledge hiding, conscientiousness, loneliness and affective commitment: a moderated mediation model

Garg, Neha; Anand, Payal

doi:10.1108/ijem-08-2018-0231

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“…The study also found a direct positive and desirable consequence associated with performing KH behavior and academic performance warrants looking into from the creation of indirect distrust loops among the cohort (Garg and Anand, 2020;Cerne et al, 2014). To suppress such undesired behavior, managers and academics need to devise interventions aiming at behavioral changes (Daniels, 2016) such as environment creation for more sharing-based assignments and submission.…”

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“…KH is reported to inhibit cooperative exchange among students leading to deterioration of their interpersonal relationships (Gillies, 2014), team creativity (Bari et al, 2019) and giving rise to feeling of loneliness as well as reduced affective commitment toward the academic institution (Garg and Anand, 2020). In knowledge-intensive organizations, such as academic institutions, acts of KH may defeat the purpose of the existence of academic institutions altogether.…”

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“…Postgraduate (Master of Business Administration) students from select National Institutional Ranking Framework top 100 management colleges were sent the link to the survey and requested to respond to the same. Management education was primarily targeted as management students are going to be the future knowledge leaders and decision-makers (Garg and Anand, 2020). Further, the authors belong to this area and were comfortable managing the context of the research.…”

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“…Students tend to regard knowledge as a means of competitive advantage (Chaudhry, 2005) and therefore are found to indulge in KH behavior, particularly with respect to graded academic activities (Yuen and Majid, 2007). Available seminal literature about KH projects its steadily growing prominence in organizational behavior and knowledge management literature; however, studies exploring the construct within academic context remain sparse (Garg and Anand, 2020;Demirkasimoglu, 2016;Ghani et al, 2020;Hernaus et al, 2019). This becomes an area of concern in the light of the fact that knowledge transfer and management is the most important deliverable for an academic institution (Annansingh, 2018).…”

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“…This raises the need to look out for factors which motivate a student to indulge in KH behaviors. Moreover, management students are going to be the future knowledge leaders and decision-makers (Garg and Anand, 2020), and identification of such factors would not only assist the administration in enhanced understanding and effective management of students' KH behaviors but also would be of practical significance to the society as a whole.…”

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Knowledge hiding in academia: an empirical study of Indian higher education students

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Ganguly

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Purpose This study aims to investigate the role of knowledge hiding (KH) on academic performance, using three antecedents – relatedness with peers, territoriality of knowledge and performance motivation. It also looked into the moderating role of academic self-efficacy upon student’s KH behavior and academic performance. The research was grounded on the theory of reasoned action. Design/methodology/approachx Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to analyze the five hypotheses. The data was collected through a primary survey based on a structured questionnaire with a sample size of 324 students from the Indian higher education institutions. Findings The study found that performance motivation and territoriality are positively associated with KH, which is further positively related to students’ academic performance. Sense of relatedness had no influence upon KH behavior, implying that proximity of social relationships does not predict KH behavior among students. Additionally, it was also observed that while evasive (a situation where the knowledge hider deliberately provides incorrect, partial or misleading information) and rationalized KH (a situation where the knowledge hider tries to provide a rational justification for not sharing the knowledge) had a significant influence on the academic performance of the students, the effect of “playing dumb” was not significant. The study did not reveal any moderating effect of academic self-efficacy on all three forms of KH and academic performance. Practical implications The findings of the study are expected to be valuable for instructors, administrative authorities and policymakers at the higher education level, to create a more conducive teaching and learning environment. Out of the three hiding strategies, students indulge more often in rationalized KH. Based on the outcomes of this research, management may focus toward the creation of an institutional environment conducive toward knowledge sharing interdependency among students. Originality/value One of the novel contributions of this study is that it analyzes Indian higher education, providing a developing country perspective, thereby contributing to the body of knowledge in knowledge management and hiding. The study also intends to understand the interplay of constructs such as KH, territoriality, sense of relatedness and academic performance, which have not been discussed previously within the higher education context, thus making the research work original. The study was done among the students and hence, brings in the academic perspective in the KH literature, which has seen limited research impetus.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Knowledge hiding and knowledge hoarding: A systematic literature review

Oliveira

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Garcia

2021

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The present study aims to present a consolidated view of the quantitative research on Knowledge Hiding (KHi) and Knowledge Hoarding (Kho), and the relationship with Knowledge Sharing (KS), and propose guidelines for future research. A systematic literature review was adopted, following rigorous procedures. The articles were searched in Scopus, Web of Science, Wiley Online, Science Direct, and Emerald. Fifty different articles were analyzed. The oldest article identified is from 2011. They were published in 33 different journals. Only 16 authors published more than one article on the topic. The four behaviors can be perceived as positive when the individual is committed to the organization and negative when the individual is not committed to the organization. A framework that summarizes the suggestions for future research is presented. Understanding the relationships between KHi and KSc, and between Kho and KSd might facilitate the flow of knowledge in organizations. The paper provides an original contribution by considering KS as two processes, collection and donation, highlighting the oppositional relationship between KHi and KSc, and between KHo and KSd. Furthermore, research gaps and further research lines in the KHi, KHo, and KS area are highlighted.

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Knowledge hiding in organization: A comprehensive literature review and future research agenda

Garg

Kumar

Ganguly

2021

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Research on knowledge hiding has rapidly increased over the past decade, but findings have thus far not been systematically synthesized. This, therefore, has not only hampered the clarity surrounding the construct but also restricted growth in this line of research. The current study thus attempts to integrate the scattered KH literature through a systematic literature review to understand the growth of the KH construct, thereby synthesizing the extant research findings, as well as uncovering areas that require future research. Accordingly, 92 research papers were systematically searched, critically evaluated, and synthesized to make the available knowledge and evidence more accessible to scholars and practitioners. The synthesis not only answers some fundamental, yet blurred questions around the construct, but also provides a composite sense of diverse findings recorded in the extant literature that would assist in drawing conclusions and future decision-making around knowledge hiding behaviors. It also maps out the relatively neglected areas that require more attention going forward and consequently proposes that the next decade should look forward to more compare and contrast studies from a socio-economic, cultural, product-specific, and industrial sector perspective. The study is expected to motivate academicians and researchers to advance the field theoretically by providing a constructive platform for future studies, in the process, advance the literature in this field. Further, it builds a worthwhile case for organizations to recognize the existence of knowledge hiding and judge the associated risks, benefits, and harms to make informed decisions.

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Knowledge hiding, conscientiousness, loneliness and affective commitment: a moderated mediation model

Cited by 24 publications

References 106 publications

Knowledge hiding in academia: an empirical study of Indian higher education students

Knowledge hiding in academia: an empirical study of Indian higher education students

Knowledge hiding and knowledge hoarding: A systematic literature review

Knowledge hiding in organization: A comprehensive literature review and future research agenda

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