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Knowledge sharing serves as a mediator between collaborative culture and innovation capability: an empirical research

Knowledge sharing serves as a mediator between collaborative culture and innovation capability:... This paper aims to investigate the correlation between collaborative culture, knowledge sharing and innovation capabilities in Chinese firms.Design/methodology/approachThis paper used structural equation modeling to examine the level of how collaborative culture and knowledge sharing impact on two types of innovation capabilities (product innovation and process innovation) based on using data collected from 77 Chinese firms.FindingsThe research findings show that knowledge sharing plays a mediating role between collaborative culture and two specific types of innovation, namely, product innovation and process innovation. The paper first confirms the moderating role of ownership form in the relationships between knowledge sharing and innovation capabilities. The results underline the necessity of building a collaborative culture to stimulate employees’ knowledge sharing behavior, which in turn positively promotes innovation capabilities in an organization.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper has not evaluated the relationship between latent variables under the condition of moderating variables of individual characteristics (such as optimism and self-efficacy) or firm characteristics (such as industry type, firm size and firm age). Further research should examine the moderating effects of these variables to have clearer relationship between the constructs.Practical implicationsThis paper offers leaders a deeper understanding of the effects of ownership forms and potential factors to promote innovation capabilities in their firms.Originality/valueThe paper has contributed to theoretical and practical initiatives on the theory of innovation management which enable firms to identify the necessary factors and mechanism to enhance firm capabilities for innovation. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing Emerald Publishing

Knowledge sharing serves as a mediator between collaborative culture and innovation capability: an empirical research

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Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
© Emerald Publishing Limited
ISSN
0885-8624
DOI
10.1108/jbim-10-2017-0245
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Abstract

This paper aims to investigate the correlation between collaborative culture, knowledge sharing and innovation capabilities in Chinese firms.Design/methodology/approachThis paper used structural equation modeling to examine the level of how collaborative culture and knowledge sharing impact on two types of innovation capabilities (product innovation and process innovation) based on using data collected from 77 Chinese firms.FindingsThe research findings show that knowledge sharing plays a mediating role between collaborative culture and two specific types of innovation, namely, product innovation and process innovation. The paper first confirms the moderating role of ownership form in the relationships between knowledge sharing and innovation capabilities. The results underline the necessity of building a collaborative culture to stimulate employees’ knowledge sharing behavior, which in turn positively promotes innovation capabilities in an organization.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper has not evaluated the relationship between latent variables under the condition of moderating variables of individual characteristics (such as optimism and self-efficacy) or firm characteristics (such as industry type, firm size and firm age). Further research should examine the moderating effects of these variables to have clearer relationship between the constructs.Practical implicationsThis paper offers leaders a deeper understanding of the effects of ownership forms and potential factors to promote innovation capabilities in their firms.Originality/valueThe paper has contributed to theoretical and practical initiatives on the theory of innovation management which enable firms to identify the necessary factors and mechanism to enhance firm capabilities for innovation.

Journal

Journal of Business and Industrial MarketingEmerald Publishing

Published: Oct 15, 2018

Keywords: Innovation; Knowledge sharing; Product innovation; Process innovation; Collaborative culture

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