Knowledge-sharing hostility and governance mechanisms: an empirical test

• Published in: Journal of knowledge management Vol. 16; no. 5; pp. 754 - 773
• Main Authors: Husted, Kenneth, Michailova, Snejina, Minbaeva, Dana B, Pedersen, Torben
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kempston Emerald Group Publishing Limited 01.01.2012
• Subjects: Attitudes; Behavior; Cooperation; Dealing; Denmark; Empirical analysis; Employees; Errors; Hoardings; Hostility; Intersections; Knowledge management; Knowledge sharing; Organizations; Social interaction; Strengthening; Studies; Knowledge-sharing behaviour; Governance mechanisms; Denmark; Individual behaviour; Knowledge-sharing hostility; Knowledge transfer

Purpose - This paper aims at further developing and empirically examining the concept of knowledge-sharing hostility. It seeks to analyze reasons for hoarding knowledge, reasons for rejecting external knowledge, and attitudes towards mistakes, as well as the influence of these factors on actual know...