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Knowledge Sharing and Creativity: Individual and Organizational Perspective

In: Contemporary Challenges in Cooperation and Coopetition in the Age of Industry 4.0

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  • Aleksandra Rudawska

    (University of Szczecin)

Abstract

The flow of knowledge between employees contributes to the knowledge development which in turn influences individual and organizational creativity. However, knowledge sharing by employees is not a simplistic and homogeneous behaviour. Basing on the literature review in the area of intraorganizational knowledge sharing and creativity, the author aims to explain the relation between giving knowledge and individual (giver) creativity and organizational creativity. The knowledge sharing is analysed from the knowledge giver perspective. Author has distinguished two forms of knowledge giving—proactive and reactive—that are situation depended. This conceptual article indicates that proactive and reactive knowledge sharing relates differently with creativity and that sharing knowledge with others is not always positive to the giver’s creativity, while it is influential for organizational creativity. The theoretical deliberations are summarized in nine propositions. They indicate that managers need to take into account the likelihood of individual creativity loss as a cost of reactive knowledge sharing; otherwise, the quality of sharing could be harmed by knowledge manipulation by the sharer, with a negative influence on organizational creativity.

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  • Aleksandra Rudawska, 2020. "Knowledge Sharing and Creativity: Individual and Organizational Perspective," Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics, in: Agnieszka Zakrzewska-Bielawska & Iwona Staniec (ed.), Contemporary Challenges in Cooperation and Coopetition in the Age of Industry 4.0, chapter 0, pages 107-121, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:prbchp:978-3-030-30549-9_5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-30549-9_5
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    1. Xiangqian Li & Qiang Qiang & Li Huang & Cunquan Huang, 2022. "How Knowledge Sharing Affects Business Model Innovation: An Empirical Study from the Perspective of Ambidextrous Organizational Learning," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(10), pages 1-17, May.
    2. Fengdi Chu & Wei Zhang & Shaobo Wu & Guolei Liu, 2021. "How Does Individual-Level Envy Affect Team Creativity? Effects of Knowledge Seeking and Moral Reflection," SAGE Open, , vol. 11(4), pages 21582440211, October.

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