Pro-socially motivated knowledge hiding in innovation teams

Rachel Hilliard, James English and Maébh Coleman

Technovation, 2022, vol. 116, issue C

Abstract: •R&D engineers may hide knowledge for their organisation's benefit.•Senior staff may hide knowledge on a new idea while they develop and improve it.•Mentors can hide knowledge from junior staff in order to foster learning.•Pro-social knowledge hiding may be good for innovation performance.

Keywords: Knowledge management; Knowledge hiding; R&D; Innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2022.102513

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