Modeling team knowledge sharing and team flexibility: the role of within-team competition
Modeling team knowledge sharing and team flexibility: the role of within-team competition
This study examines the role of within-team competition (i.e., team hypercompetition and team development competition) in a team process. We developed and tested a model that associates team collectivism as the antecedent of within-team competition, and knowledge sharing and team flexibility as the outcomes. The model was empirically tested with data from 141 knowledge-intensive teams. The empirical findings showed that team collectivism had a positive relationship with team development competition, and a negative relationship with team hypercompetition. Regarding the outcomes, team development competition and team hypercompetition had an indirect relationship with knowledge sharing and team flexibility through team empowerment. We offer a number of original contributions to the team effectiveness literature, especially by showing that team hypercompetition and team development competition have different impacts on team knowledge sharing and team flexibility.
knowledge sharing, team collectivism, team empowerment, team flexibility, within-team competition
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He, Hongwei
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Baruch, Yehuda
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Lin, Chieh-Peng
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August 2014
He, Hongwei
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Baruch, Yehuda
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Lin, Chieh-Peng
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He, Hongwei, Baruch, Yehuda and Lin, Chieh-Peng
(2014)
Modeling team knowledge sharing and team flexibility: the role of within-team competition.
Human Relations, 67 (8), .
(doi:10.1177/0018726713508797).
Abstract
This study examines the role of within-team competition (i.e., team hypercompetition and team development competition) in a team process. We developed and tested a model that associates team collectivism as the antecedent of within-team competition, and knowledge sharing and team flexibility as the outcomes. The model was empirically tested with data from 141 knowledge-intensive teams. The empirical findings showed that team collectivism had a positive relationship with team development competition, and a negative relationship with team hypercompetition. Regarding the outcomes, team development competition and team hypercompetition had an indirect relationship with knowledge sharing and team flexibility through team empowerment. We offer a number of original contributions to the team effectiveness literature, especially by showing that team hypercompetition and team development competition have different impacts on team knowledge sharing and team flexibility.
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e-pub ahead of print date: 3 February 2014
Published date: August 2014
Keywords:
knowledge sharing, team collectivism, team empowerment, team flexibility, within-team competition
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Southampton Business School
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/377445
ISSN: 0018-7267
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