Understanding Knowledge-Hiding and Its Role in Intersectional Academia

Imran Hameed, Shajara Ul-Durar () and Ghulam Ali Arain
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Imran Hameed: Lahore School of Economics
Shajara Ul-Durar: University for the Creative Arts
Ghulam Ali Arain: United Arab Emirates University

Chapter 7 in Intersectionality and Creative Business Education, 2023, pp 129-159 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter first aims to provide an overview of the knowledge-hiding concept by highlighting its origin and discussing some overlapping constructs. Secondly, it explains knowledge-hiding at the workplace and discusses the two levels identified in the literature, that is, horizontal and vertical knowledge-hiding. In doing so, we summarise the existing findings and their role in knowledge management practices in contemporary organisations. Thirdly, we discuss the existence of knowledge-hiding in academia, a specific work environment built on solid foundations, and a philosophy of knowledge sharing. We further identify and explain some antecedents and outcomes of knowledge-hiding in academia to understand why academics are involved in such behaviour and how it impacts individual and organisational results. In addition, we discuss knowledge-hiding in the case of students and highlight some antecedents, outcomes, and mitigating factors of student knowledge-hiding. Finally, we discuss the role of individuals’ demographics in causing knowledge-hiding behaviour by looking at the effect of gender and local versus foreign (i.e., employee nationality), concluding with intersectionality as a critical area of future research in knowledge-hiding literature.

Keywords: Knowledge-hiding; Contemporary organisations; Academia; Intersectionality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-29952-0_7

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