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Impact of views about knowledge and workplace relationships on tacit knowledge sharing

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  • Santhi Perumal
  • Shyam Sreekumaran Nair

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Tacit Knowledge Sharing (TKS) becomes vital for new knowledge creation. Knowledge creation process encourages the view of knowledge as a public good while knowledge appropriation process encourages knowledge to be viewed as a private good. This paper studies the impact of these views about knowledge on TKS. Based on social interdependency theory, four workplace relationships were identified for studying TKS. “Knowledge as a public good” and “knowledge as a private good” were used as indicator variables. Using OLS regression, the four proposed models were tested. Data for the study was obtained from a questionnaire-based survey of 184 research students. The results revealed “knowledge as non-exclusive” to be a positive predictor of TKS. Viewing knowledge as a private good had a negative relationship with TKS. Implications for research and practitioners are discussed.

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  • Santhi Perumal & Shyam Sreekumaran Nair, 2022. "Impact of views about knowledge and workplace relationships on tacit knowledge sharing," Knowledge Management Research & Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(3), pages 410-421, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:tkmrxx:v:20:y:2022:i:3:p:410-421
    DOI: 10.1080/14778238.2021.1947756
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