Insight or ignorance: How collaborative history in a workgroup fits with project type to shape performance

Owen N. Parker, Rachel Mui, Nachiket Bhawe and Matthew Semadeni

Journal of Business Research, 2022, vol. 152, issue C, 154-167

Abstract: According to the knowledge transfer literature, members of a project workgroup who share collaborative history possess a “shared understanding” thought to increase psychological safety and efficiency, thereby improving current project performance. But knowledge misfit can occur depending on where they have previously collaborated (internal or external to the focal firm) and the type of project currently pursued. We contend that misfit engenders “shared misunderstanding” where prior collaborators impose irrelevant knowledge onto a project, undermining performance. We extend research on knowledge transfer and human capital mobility by predicting that internal collaborative history helps exploitative.

Keywords: Knowledge transfer; Project workgroup; Video games; Imitation; Exploitation; Project performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.07.050

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