Collective work motivation in knowledge based organizations

IF 1.6 Q3 MANAGEMENT

Team Performance Management Pub Date : 2015-09-29 DOI:10.1108/TPM-06-2015-0030

C. Tongo

引用次数: 8

Abstract

Purpose – Collective work motivation (CWM) has been construed as humans’ innate predispositions to effectively undertake team-oriented work activities under ideal conditions (Lindenberg and Foss, 2011). However, management research aimed at explicating its etiology in knowledge-based organizations (KBOs) has been largely ignored. Given that these organizations strive to gain market competitiveness by motivating employees to cooperatively share knowledge, as well as protect organizational specific knowledge from being externally expropriated, it becomes expedient to understand how they can mobilize and sustain CWM that is geared towards the normative goal of knowledge sharing and knowledge protection. Design/methodology/approach – Conceptual insights from the social identity theory were deployed by the study. Findings – Three hypothetical principles derived from the processes of social categorization, social comparison and social identification tentatively mobilize and sustain CWM in KBOs. Originality/valu...

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知识型组织中的集体工作动机

目的-集体工作动机(CWM)被解释为人类在理想条件下有效地进行团队导向的工作活动的先天倾向(Lindenberg和Foss, 2011)。然而，在知识型组织(kbo)中，旨在阐明其病因的管理研究在很大程度上被忽视了。考虑到这些组织努力通过激励员工合作分享知识来获得市场竞争力，并保护组织的特定知识不被外部征用，了解他们如何动员和维持面向知识共享和知识保护的规范目标的CWM是权宜之计。设计/方法论/方法-研究部署了来自社会认同理论的概念性见解。研究发现:从社会分类、社会比较和社会认同的过程中衍生出的三个假设原则，试探性地调动和维持了kbo中的CWM。创意/价值……

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Team Performance Management MANAGEMENT-

CiteScore

3.40

自引率

29.40%

发文量

期刊介绍： This international journal contributes to the successful implementation and development of work teams and team-based organizations by providing a forum for sharing experience and learning to stimulate thought and transfer of ideas. It seeks to bridge the gap between research and practice by publishing articles where the claims are evidence-based and the conclusions have practical value. Effective teams form the heart of every successful organization. But team management is one of the hardest challenges faced by managers.