Organizations can increase their competitive advantage by sharing knowledge. On the other hand, mechanisms are needed to protect this knowledge from leaking. Although there is a growing body research on hybrid and remote working, few studies have looked at the adoption of knowledge protection (KP) mechanisms in these work models. This study seeks to address this gap by analysing KP and knowledge sharing (KS) me...
Concerns about the quality of care provided to patients have been recently revisited in the healthcare management literature, driven by the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Quality of care is a complex measure of healthcare performance that relies on optimizing healthcare knowledge. Knowledge management initiatives and practices in healthcare remain difficult to implement and develop – presenting a manageria...
The purpose of this paper is to identify (1) to what extent do researchers follow standards on the use and reporting of control variables? (2) what are the main weaknesses presented in current as they relate to control variable inclusion/exclusion? And (3) what are the recommendations based on previous standards when it comes to the selection and inclusion of control variables? We do this through the lens of Op...
This study defines the conceptual structure of combinative research design in operations management by relying on several proxies of combinative research topics, methods, and author affiliations, covering a decade of research and analyzing 1026 bibliographic records in an applied social science research context. Through the use of bibliometrics, co-word analyses are conducted to compute keyword co-occurrences t...
The pharmaceutical industry (PI) is recognized as a knowledge-intensive industry. Based on the perspective of managers in the subsidiary, this research proposes actions to facilitate knowledge sharing in the relationship between subsidiary and headquarters in a multinational pharmaceutical company. An exploratory case study was conducted. Data were collected from documental content analysis and fourteen intervi...
Abstract: Purpose – Knowledge sharing among individuals from different teams is rare. Agile methods encourage only the exchange of tacit knowledge within teams. This study aims to analyse the influence of trust, norms of cooperation and reciprocity on tacit and explicit knowledge sharing among individuals from different software development teams. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected using a cross-...
Knowledge sharing (KS) among individuals working together is complex and has an effect on their satisfaction. We adopt the self-determination theory and the theory of reasoned action to examine the relationship between millennials’ characteristics, KS and the resulting satisfaction. Using a mixed-method approach we address the antecedents of satisfaction in KS for 213 millennials attending Master programs in ma...
A gestão de recursos humanos pode promover uma “mentalidade de sustentabilidade” (Ehnert & Harry, 2012) e contribuir para enfrentar os desafios impostos pela difícil gestão das esferas econômica, social e ambiental. No entanto, persiste a falta de recursos humanos necessários para construir as mudanças para a sustentabilidade nas organizações (Singh, Olugu, Musa & Mahat, 2018). Assim, neste fórum da RAE-Revista...
Knowledge management involves very positive and constructive behaviors, but undesirable ones also occur. Knowledge creation, sharing, storage and use are the helpful traditional behaviors considered in the knowledge management process (Alavi & Leidner, 2001). However, there are unwelcome behaviors that present great challenges to organizations. This Special Issue devotes much attention to the particular knowled...
Human resource management (HRM) can promote a “sustainability mindset” (Ehnert & Harry, 2012) and contribute to facing the challenges imposed by the difficult management of the economic, social, and environmental spheres. However, there is still a lack of human resources to promote changes for sustainability in organizations (Singh, Olugu, Musa & Mahat, 2018). Thus, in this forum of the RAE-Revista de Administr...