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Knowledge Sharing and Innovative Work Behavior: The Mediating Role of Task Knowledge

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Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management (IC3K 2020)

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Given the highly dynamic and competitive business environment, attaining sustainable competitive advantage and organizational innovativeness in long run is considered a challenging endeavor. From the perspective the social exchange theory and social capital theory, knowledge sharing is considered a primary driver to the organization innovativeness and employees’ innovation at individual level. The aim of this study is to examine how knowledge sharing affects the employees’ innovative work behaviors. Moreover, we focus on the mediating role of task knowledge in the relationship between knowledge sharing and innovative work behavior. For this purpose, the three dimensions of task knowledge, comprising conceptual, contextual, and operational knowledge, were analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis. Survey tool was utilized to collect the data from knowledge employees in diverse manufacturing and service-based enterprises. The empirical result of our research confirms that knowledge sharing plays a significant positive impact on helping individuals to become more innovative in their workplace. Furthermore, it indicates a partial mediation of task knowledge in the relationship between knowledge sharing and innovative work behavior. These findings serve as a solid theoretical background for future research work related to the current topic. While managers in organizations may use these research outcomes to introduce supporting mechanisms and incentives which promote knowledge sharing and encourage employees to share their expertise among peers.

An earlier version of the paper was presented at the 12th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management.

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Osmanaj, V., Muhammed, S., Kulakli, A., Zaidi, S.F.H. (2022). Knowledge Sharing and Innovative Work Behavior: The Mediating Role of Task Knowledge. In: Fred, A., Aveiro, D., Dietz, J., Salgado, A., Bernardino, J., Filipe, J. (eds) Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management. IC3K 2020. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1608. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14602-2_6

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