Purpose

Tacit and explicit knowledge sharing play crucial roles in today’s rapidly changing business environment, particularly in fostering innovation. However, uncovering tacit knowledge sharing remains complex. The purpose of this study is to analyze the mediating roles of tacit and explicit knowledge in the relationship between a knowledge-sharing culture and organizational creativity.

Design/methodology/approach

In this study, the authors developed an extended analytical process to analyze the impact of explicit and tacit knowledge on a knowledge-sharing culture and organizational creativity. This process combines two analytical techniques: necessary condition analysis (NCA) and partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). NCA identifies essential bottlenecks for a specific outcome, while PLS-SEM uncovers strong connections between predictor and outcome variables. The authors applied these analyses to a sample of 155 IT experts from a leading telecom company in the Turkish ICT industry to test the relevant hypotheses.

Findings

The findings of this study indicate that tacit knowledge, rather than explicit knowledge, partially mediates the relationship between a knowledge-sharing culture and organizational creativity. This mediating role of tacit knowledge is particularly pronounced in the ICT sector. Additionally, the impact of organizational capabilities on organizational creativity is amplified by higher levels of tacit knowledge sharing.

Originality/value

The effect of organizational capabilities on organizational creativity was found to increase because of tacit knowledge sharing compared to explicit knowledge sharing, depending on the knowledge-sharing climate.

中文翻译：

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知识共享文化对组织创造力的影响：将显性和隐性知识共享整合为中介

 目的

在当今瞬息万变的商业环境中，隐性和明确的知识共享发挥着至关重要的作用，尤其是在促进创新方面。然而，发现隐性知识共享仍然很复杂。本研究的目的是分析隐性和显性知识在知识共享文化和组织创造力之间关系中的中介作用。

设计/方法/方法

在这项研究中，作者开发了一个扩展的分析过程来分析显性和隐性知识对知识共享文化和组织创造力的影响。此过程结合了两种分析技术：必要条件分析 （NCA） 和偏最小二乘结构方程建模 （PLS-SEM）。NCA 确定特定结果的基本瓶颈，而 PLS-SEM 则揭示了预测变量和结果变量之间的紧密联系。作者将这些分析应用于来自土耳其 ICT 行业一家领先电信公司的 155 名 IT 专家的样本，以检验相关假设。

 发现

这项研究的结果表明，隐性知识，而不是显性知识，部分地中介了知识共享文化和组织创造力之间的关系。隐性知识的这种中介作用在 ICT 领域尤为明显。此外，组织能力对组织创造力的影响被更高水平的隐性知识共享放大。

 原创性/价值

研究发现，与显性知识共享相比，隐性知识共享增加了组织能力对组织创造力的影响，具体取决于知识共享环境。