Motivation, Knowledge Transfer, and Organizational Form

Margit Osterloh and Bruno Frey

No 27, IEW - Working Papers from Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich

Abstract: Employees are motivated intrinsically as well as extrinsically. Intrinsic motivation is crucial when tacit knowledge in and between teams must be transferred. Organizational forms enable different kinds of motivation and have different capacities to generate and transfer tacit knowledge. Since knowledge generation and transfer are essential for a firm�s sustainable competitive advantage, we ask specifically what kinds of motivation are needed to generate and transfer tacit knowledge, as opposed to explicit knowledge.

Keywords: Motivation; Knowledge Transfer; Tacit Knowledge; Crowding Effects; Firm Theory; Resource-based View (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A12 J33 L22 M12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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