Knowledge‐Sharing, Cooperation, and Personal Development

Pais, Leonor; Santos, Nuno Rebelo dos

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“…Nevertheless, over time, the convergence of interests arising from firms’ need to improve the cluster’s action could stimulate inter-firm relationships and network formation, benefitting all involved and generating value at the individual, collective and also regional levels (Bong & Premaratne, 2018). This empirical evidence agrees with the definition of a cluster adopted by Portuguese entities Instituto de Apoio às Pequenas e Médias Empresas e à Inovação (IAPMEI) and the priority shown in the topic ‘Competitiveness and Internationalization of Portugal 2020’, where knowledge networks have, and will continue to have, an intangible asset, knowledge that can be shared (Cardoso & Gomes, 2011; Cardoso et al, 2012; Passerini, 2007), and provide their actors with added and collective value (Pais & Santos, 2015).…”

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“…Since knowledge is an organizational resource, it differs from other resources due to: (a) being inexhaustible; (b) being exponentiated through sharing and use; and (c) needing continuous encouragement to not become obsolete (Cardoso & Gomes, 2011; Cardoso et al, 2012; Passerini, 2007). Put another way, the definition of knowledge is that it is the main element that determines the functioning, sustainability and performance of organizations (Pais & dos Santos, 2015).…”

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Clusters as a Mechanism of Sharing Knowledge and Innovation: Case Study from a Network Approach

Franco

Esteves

Rodrigues

2020

Global Business Review

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Following a network approach, this study aims to understand the potential of inter-organizational relationships in clusters for sharing knowledge and innovation. To this end, qualitative research of an exploratory nature was undertaken, with the information being gathered through interviews with owners and managers of small and medium-sized family enterprises belonging to an agro-industrial cluster in Portugal. Through content analysis, the results obtained showed that clustering 1 promotes the publicizing and internationalization of products and has an impact on small and medium-sized enterprises’ (SME) results. The importance of the cluster’s action regarding innovation was also confirmed, and so was its potential as a catalyst for the sharing of knowledge. Business-people’s attitude and relational competences, particularly trust, mutual help and having an open mind, were found to be essential factors for successful network functioning and the clustering process. Therefore, this study contributes to the developing existing theory by analysing clustering as inter-organizational networks of sharing knowledge and innovation activities in the light of the network theory and its association with resource-based and knowledge-sharing theories.

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Section: Findings and Discussionsupporting

confidence: 84%

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Clusters as a Mechanism of Sharing Knowledge and Innovation: Case Study from a Network Approach

Franco

Esteves

Rodrigues

2020

Global Business Review

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“…In fact, every participant had the same chance of winning the voucher, irrespective of the number of raffle tickets they earned. Thus, knowledge sharing represented a social dilemma: doing so pays off only if the others do so, too (Cabrera & Cabrera, 2002; Pais & dos Santos, 2015), and solving social dilemmas requires interpersonal trust (Brann & Foddy, 1987; Dawes, 1980). Since solving the riddle clearly required sharing both pieces of information with the group ( n = 203), doing so was coded as ‘cooperative behaviour’, whereas sharing no ( n = 15) or only one piece of information ( n = 9) was coded as ‘uncooperative behaviour’.…”

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“…During a first introduction round, one of the other group members (the ‘target’) expressed either a high or a low victim sensitivity—the phrasing of which was carefully aligned with how VS is usually measured (see below). In line with research that defines knowledge sharing as cooperative group behaviour in a social dilemma (Cabrera & Cabrera, 2002; Pais & dos Santos, 2015), we operationalized cooperativeness as the individual decision to share materials that were necessary to solve the riddle with the other group members (binary outcome). Positive interdependence perceptions for the group (the assumed mediator) and participants’ own VS were measured via self‐report.…”

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The virus of distrust: How one victim‐sensitive group member can affect the entire group's outcomes

Magraw‐Mickelson

Süssenbach

Gollwitzer

2022

Euro J Social Psych

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Victim sensitivity (VS) is a personality trait conceptualized as the expectation of being exploited by others. Previous research has shown that one highly victim-sensitive group member can negatively impact the entire group's outcomes. In the present research, we investigate boundary conditions and mechanisms underlying this effect.Study 1 (N = 134 individuals, 40 groups) shows that the VS score of the most victimsensitive group member negatively predicts a group's performance, particularly when the group's collective conscientiousness is high. Study 2 (N = 135 individuals, 45 groups) shows that groups that include one (compared to no) victim-sensitive group member perform worse, especially when the task is perceived as requiring mutual trust. Study 3 (N = 234) confirms that expressing VS explicitly reduces cooperation within the group. These findings suggest that the virus of distrust can spread quickly and may have detrimental consequences for group performance and intragroup cooperation.

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“…Tacit knowledge sharing is in essence a cooperative process and a social dilemma which have competing motives for individuals to share or not to share their knowledge (Pais and dos Santos, 2015). In project teams, frequent communication and effective tacit knowledge sharing among team members are necessary (Sethi et al, 2001).…”

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Tacit knowledge sharing within project teams: an application of social commitments theory

Nguyen

2021

VJIKMS

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Purpose Applying social commitments theory, this paper aims to study the effect of shared responsibility as a structural characteristic of project teams to foster tacit knowledge sharing with the mediating role of affective bonding. Besides, the moderating effect of normative conformity is also examined. Design/methodology/approach The quantitative method was applied through surveying senior auditors representing 263 audit teams in Vietnam to examine the model. Findings This study found that in the joint projects, when team members perceive high shared responsibility for both success and failure, the affective bonding among them are generated. The affective bonding becomes salient to tacit knowledge sharing only when the team members perceive high obligations to conform the general knowledge sharing norms and the serial reciprocity norms. Originality/value This study provides the evidence for partial confirmation and expansion of the social commitments theory. The practical takeaways are provided for managers of project-based organizations in the social aspects for facilitating sharing culture.

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Knowledge‐Sharing, Cooperation, and Personal Development

Cited by 10 publications

References 111 publications

Clusters as a Mechanism of Sharing Knowledge and Innovation: Case Study from a Network Approach

Clusters as a Mechanism of Sharing Knowledge and Innovation: Case Study from a Network Approach

The virus of distrust: How one victim‐sensitive group member can affect the entire group's outcomes

Tacit knowledge sharing within project teams: an application of social commitments theory

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