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Knowledge sharing: a management control perspective.

Book - Dissertation

The uniqueness of a firm’s knowledge plays a fundamental role in its sustained competitive advantage, economic growth and corporate value, but developing knowledge as an organizational asset requires employees to actively and correctly share their knowledge. Nevertheless, the transfer of knowledge within organizations is often limited in practice. This dissertation investigates via three experimental papers how management control systems can stimulate knowledge sharing. In particular, we study the effectiveness of reward and reporting systems in motivating knowledge transfers in different contexts. The first study explores whether individuals’ willingness to help others depends on whether or not this help involves knowledge sharing. The second study examines knowledge transfer between individuals having an equal or different status. The third study investigates whether managers’ tendency to share or report knowledge opportunistically depends on how they acquired the knowledge they need to report. Results of this dissertation contribute to a better understanding of management control systems designed to promote knowledge sharing.
Publication year:2016
Accessibility:Open