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Tell me if you can: time pressure, prosocial motivation, perspective taking, and knowledge hiding

Abstract

Purpose The belief that knowledge actually expands when it is shared has been deeply rooted in the mainstream knowledge management literature. Although many organizations and managers expect employees to share their knowledge with their colleagues, this does not always occur. This study aims to use the conservation of resources theory to explain why employees who experience greater time pressure are more likely to engage in knowledge hiding; it …

Authors

Škerlavaj M; Connelly CE; Cerne M; Dysvik A

Journal

Journal of Knowledge Management, Vol. 22, No. 7, pp. 1489–1509

Publisher

Emerald

Publication Date

September 4, 2018

DOI

10.1108/jkm-05-2017-0179

ISSN

1367-3270