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Tacit knowledge acquisition & sharing, and its influence on innovations: A Polish/US cross-country study
Abstract
This study measures the relationship between tacit knowledge sharing and innovation in the Polish (n=350) and US (n=379) IT industries. Conceptually, the study identifies the potential sources of tacit knowledge development by individuals. That is, the study examines how “learning by doing” and “learning by interaction” lead to a willingness to share knowledge and, as a consequence, to support process and product/service innovation. This study empirically demonstrates that tacit knowledge internalization and externalization (awareness and sharing) significantly mediate between tacit knowledge experimentation and socialization (acquisition) and its final combination (knowledge in action). While such theoretical assumptions already exist, they have not yet been empirically explained and revealed in a single structural model. Further, this empirical approach enabled a demonstration that internalization and externalization of tacit knowledge may occur consciously or unconsciously with equal success. Even so, the study also showed conscious tacit knowledge’s greater impact on innovation. Therefore, an organizational effort to manage autonomous, informal, and strongly contextual tacit knowledge is worthwhile and creates the capacity for superior competitive advantage. Finally, this study also demonstrates that national context influences tacit knowledge acquisition. In the US, “learning by doing” is dominant, whereas in Poland, “learning by interaction” and critical thinking are more common. This might be related to factors such as risk acceptance that could be studied in more detail and provide opportunities for future research.
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G. Scott Erickson prof.
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- Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2023.102647
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
no. 71,
ISSN: 0268-4012 - Language:
- English
- Publication year:
- 2023
- Bibliographic description:
- Kucharska W., Erickson G. S.: Tacit knowledge acquisition & sharing, and its influence on innovations: A Polish/US cross-country study// INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT -,iss. 71 (2023), s.102647-
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- Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2023.102647
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- Gdańsk University of Technology
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