Internal knowledge sharing motivation in startup organizations
Internal knowledge sharing motivation in startup organizations
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初创组织的内部知识共享动机
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-319-62698-7_7
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发表时间:
2017
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通讯作者:
Jouni A. Laitinen and Dai Senoo
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Sanchez;Ron and Shibata,Tomoatsu;SHIBATA,Tomoatsu;Joseph Sega NDIONE & Kanichiro SUZUKI;柴田友厚;竹田陽子・妹尾大;Shibata;Joseph Sega NDIONE & Kanichiro SUZUKI;柴田友厚;柴田友厚;Jouni A. Laitinen and Dai Senoo
Knowledge sharing is an integral part for increasing the innovation capability of organizations. For small organizations, this is of particular importance, as they require a high innovation capability in order to support organizational growth. To support internal knowledge sharing, incentives encouraging sharing can be introduced. However, there is no clear understanding of how incentives should be used to support knowledge sharing in startups. Hence this article aims to answer the question: how can incentives be used to support knowledge sharing in startup organizations?To answer the research question, 10 semi-structured interviews with were carried out in Hong Kong and Japan. Nine of the interviews were carried out with founders and one was carried out with a lawyer who specializes in incentive creation. The interviews were then analyzed using cross-case analysis methodology.Results of the analysis show that the need for incentives depends on how clear the founder’s vision for the company is, how the founder views the employees and how motivated by the topic of work the employees are.The results give insight into whether incentives are needed to encourage knowledge sharing and when they should be used. The results also give future research directions into how incentive usage evolves over time as the organization starts to grow.