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Solving knowledge sharing disparity: The role of team identification, organizational identification, and in-group bias

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•We validate the existence of knowledge sharing disparity in organizations: people are more willing to share within their own team than to the whole organization.•Strong team identification, coupled with weak organizational identification predicts knowledge sharing disparity.•In-group bias was found to mediate the relationship between team identification, organizational identification and knowledge sharing disparity.

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  • Zhu, Yu-Qian, 2016. "Solving knowledge sharing disparity: The role of team identification, organizational identification, and in-group bias," International Journal of Information Management, Elsevier, vol. 36(6), pages 1174-1183.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ininma:v:36:y:2016:i:6:p:1174-1183
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2016.08.003
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