Study on the Relationship of Guanxi, Knowledge Sharing and Innovation Behavior

Abstract

Based on the Resource-Based View theory, this paper explore the relationship of Guanxi, knowledge sharing, and innovation behavior, and knowledge sharing, is divided into explicit knowledge sharing and tacit knowledge sharing, as mediated variables, then the mediator role of knowledge sharing is inspected in the relationship of Guanxi and innovation behavior. Results show that Guanxi has significant positive impact on explicit knowledge sharing and tacit knowledge sharing, and explicit knowledge sharing and tacit knowledge sharing are all positive impact on innovation behavior. Results further indicate that explicit knowledge sharing and tacit knowledge sharing play partial intermediary role in the relationship between Guanxi and innovation behavior.