Impacts of knowledge hiding and not-invented-here syndrome on digital orientation
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Keywords
Knowledge management, Digital Transformation, Digital Innovation, Knowledge Sabotage.
Abstract
Objective: evaluate the impact of the Not Invented Here Syndrome (NIHS) on Knowledge Hiding (KH) and
the Strategic Orientation towards Digitalization (SOD). At the same time, it seeks to close the research gap
of non-maturity of the construct of employee knowledge concealment. Method: it is a correlational study
with a cross-sectional quantitative approach. The information was collected through a structured survey
composed of 17 items and applied to ninety (90) manufacturing and service companies and analyzed using
structural equations. Results: The findings show that the “not-invented-here” syndrome positively affects
knowledge hiding by playing dumb and reasoned knowledge hiding. And hiding knowledge by playing dumb
negatively affects the strategic orientation towards digitalization. Conclusions: The “not-invented-here”
syndrome positively influences evasive hiding as a type of knowledge hiding, it cannot be accepted. The “notinvented-
here” syndrome positively influences reasoned concealment as a type of knowledge concealment,
it can be accepted. Finally, hiding knowledge by pretending to ignore the requested knowledge negatively
influences the strategic orientation towards digitalization.
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Arias-Pérez, J., Perdomo-Charry, G., & Castaño-Ríos, C. (2017). Not-Invented-Here Syndrome And Innovation Performance: The Confounding Effect Of Innovation Capabilities As Organisational Routines In Service Firms. International Journal of Innovation Management, 21(1), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1142/S1363919617500360
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Canto Ortiz, J., & Moral Toranzo, F. (2005). El sí mismo desde la teoría de la identidad social. Escritos de Psicología - Psychological Writings, 7, 59–70.
Černe, M., Hernaus, T., Dysvik, A., & Škerlavaj, M. (2017). The role of multilevel synergistic interplay among team mastery climate, knowledge hiding, and job characteristics in stimulating innovative work behavior. Human Resource Management Journal, 27(2), 281–299. https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12132
Černe, M., Nerstad, C. G. L., Dysvik, A., & Škerlavaj, M. (2014). What goes around comes around: Knowledge hiding, perceived motivational climate, and creativity. Academy of Management Journal, 57(1), 172–192. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2012.0122
Clagett, R. (1967). Receptivity to Innovation - Overcoming N.I.H [Master’s Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology]. https://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/42453/23987857-MIT.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=
Connelly, C. E., Černe, M., Dysvik, A., & Škerlavaj, M. (2019). Understanding knowledge hiding in organizations. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 40(7), 779–782. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2407
Connelly, C. E., & Zweig, D. (2015). How perpetrators and targets construe knowledge hiding in organizations. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 24(3), 479–489. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2014.931325
Connelly, C. E., Zweig, D., Webster, J., & Trougakos, J. P. (2012). Knowledge hiding in organizations. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 33(1), 64–88. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.737
Cropanzano, R., & Mitchell, M. S. (2005). Social exchange theory: An Interdisciplinary review. Journal of Management, 31(6), 874–900. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206305279602
De Araújo Burcharth, A. L., & Fosfuri, A. (2015). Not invented here: How institutionalized socialization practices affect the formation of negative attitudes toward external knowledge. Industrial and Corporate Change, 24(2), 281–305. https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtu018
Dell, C. O., & Gray, С. J. (2014). If only we knew what we know : Identification and transfer of internal best practices. California Management Review, 40(3), 154–174. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.2307/41165948
Dutton, J. E., Dukerich, J. M., & Harquail, C. V. (1994). Organizational Images and Member Identification. Administrative Science Quarterly, 39(2), 239. https://doi.org/10.2307/2393235
Gatignon, H., & Xuereb, J.-M. (1997). Strategic Orientation of the Firm and New Product Development. Journal of Marketing Research, 34(1), 77–90.
Haas, M. R., & Park, S. (2010). To share or not to share? Professional norms, reference groups, and information withholding among life scientists. Organization Science, 21(4), 873–891. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.1090.0500
Hair, J. F., Risher, J. J., Sarstedt, M., & Ringle, C. M. (2019). When to use and how to report the results of PLS-SEM. European Business Review, 31(1), 2–24. https://doi.org/10.1108/EBR-11-2018-0203
Hair, J., Hamdollah, R., & Baghaei, P. (2016). Partial least squares structural equation modeling with R. In Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation (Vol. 21, Issue 1).
Hannen, J., Antons, D., Piller, F., Salge, T. O., Coltman, T., & Devinney, T. M. (2019). Containing the Not-Invented- Here Syndrome in external knowledge absorption and open innovation: The role of indirect countermeasures. Research Policy, 48(9), 103822. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2019.103822
Hogg, M. A. (2015). To belong or not to belong: some self-conceptual and behavioural consequences of identity uncertainty /Pertenecer o no pertenecer: algunas consecuencias de la incertidumbre identitaria en el autoconcepto y en el comportamiento. Revista de Psicologia Social, 30(3), 586–613. https://doi.org/10.1080/02134748.2015.1065090
Husted, K., & Michailova, S. (2002). Diagnosing and fighting knowledge-sharing hostility. Organizational Dynamics, 31(1), 60–73. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0090-2616(02)00072-4
Jane, W., Graham, B., David, Z., E., C. C., Susan, B., & Sim, S. (2008). Beyond knowledge sharing: Withholding knowledge at work. Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management, 27, 1–37. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0742-7301(08)27001-5
Katz, R., & Allen, T. (1987). Investigating the Not Invented Here (NIH) Syndrome: A Look at the Performance, Tenure, and Communication Patterns of 50 R&D Project Groups: R&D Management. The Journal of Science Policy and Research Management, 2(4), 519–520. https://doi.org/10.20801/jsrpim.2.4_519_2
Mehrwald, H. (1999). Das “Not Invented Here”-Syndrom in Forschung und Entwicklung. 1–278. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-663-08337-5
Michailova, S., & Husted, K. (2003). Knowledge-Sharing Hostility in Russian Firms. California Management Review, 45(3), 59–77. https://doi.org/10.2307/41166176
Narver, J. C., & Slater, S. F. (1990). The Effect of a Market Orientation on Business Profitability. Journal of Marketing, 54(4), 20. https://doi.org/10.2307/1251757
Obeidat, B. Y. (2016). The Effect of Strategic Orientation on Organizational Performance: The Mediating Role of Innovation. International Journal of Communications, Network and System Sciences, 09(11), 478–505. https://doi.org/10.4236/ijcns.2016.911039
Parviainen, P., Tihinen, M., Kääriäinen, J., & Teppola, S. (2017). Tackling the digitalization challenge: How to benefit from digitalization in practice. International Journal of Information Systems and Project Management, 5(1), 63–77. https://doi.org/10.12821/ijispm050104
Pearson, C. M., & Porath, C. L. (2005). On the nature, consequences and remedies of workplace incivility: No time for “nice”? Think again. Academy of Management Executive, 19(1), 7–18. https://doi.org/10.5465/ame.2005.15841946
Peng, H. (2013). Why and when do people hide knowledge? Journal of Knowledge Management, 17(3), 398–415. https://doi.org/10.1108/JKM-12-2012-0380
Quinton, S., Canhoto, A., Molinillo, S., Pera, R., & Budhathoki, T. (2018). Conceptualising a digital orientation: antecedents of supporting SME performance in the digital economy. Journal of Strategic Marketing, 26(5), 427–439. https://doi.org/10.1080/0965254X.2016.1258004
Schallmo, D., Williams, C. A., & Boardman, L. (2017). Digital transformation of business models-best practice, enablers, and roadmap. International Journal of Innovation Management, 21(8). https://doi.org/10.1142/S136391961740014X
Serenko, A., & Bontis, N. (2016). Understanding counterproductive knowledge behavior: antecedents and consequences of intra-organizational knowledge hiding. Journal of Knowledge Management, 20(6), 1199–1224. https://doi.org/10.1108/JKM-05-2016-0203
Singh, S. K. (2019). Territoriality, task performance, and workplace deviance: Empirical evidence on role of knowledge hiding. Journal of Business Research, 97, 10–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2018.12.034
Verhoef, P. C., Broekhuizen, T., Bart, Y., Bhattacharya, A., Qi Dong, J., Fabian, N., & Haenlein, M. (2019). Digital transformation: A multidisciplinary reflection and research agenda. Journal of Business Research, September. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2019.09.022
Xiao, M., & Cooke, F. L. (2019). Why and when knowledge hiding in the workplace is harmful: a review of the literature and directions for future research in the Chinese context. Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, 57(4), 470–502. https://doi.org/10.1111/1744-7941.12198
Xiong, C., Chang, V., Scuotto, V., Shi, Y., & Paoloni, N. (2019). The social-psychological approach in understanding knowledge hiding within international R&D teams: An inductive analysis. Journal of Business Research, November 2018, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2019.04.009
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Durango Yepes, C. M., & Arias-Pérez, J. (2024). Impacts of knowledge hiding and not-invented-here syndrome on digital orientation. Desarrollo Gerencial, 16(2), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.17081/dege.16.2.7066
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