Document Type
Article
Source of Publication
Journal of Knowledge Management
Publication Date
1-1-2024
Abstract
Purpose: This study aims to examine how knowledge sharing contributes to organizations’ ambidexterity, their overall performance and the role of knowledge quality in this relationship. Knowledge sharing is conceptualized based on tacit and explicit dimensions, and ambidexterity is viewed as comprising exploitative and explorative capabilities. Design/methodology/approach: This study uses a cross-sectional survey-based research design and structural equation modeling to test the proposed model of knowledge sharing and knowledge quality in organizational ambidexterity and the related hypotheses. Findings: The results indicate that tacit knowledge sharing has a significant, direct impact on the exploitative and explorative capabilities of the organization and indirectly impacts both dimensions of ambidexterity (i.e. exploitative and explorative) through knowledge quality. In contrast, explicit knowledge sharing does not have a significant impact on knowledge quality and affects only the exploitative extent of ambidexterity. Both exploitative and explorative capabilities significantly impact organizational performance. Originality/value: To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first study to empirically examine the role of knowledge quality in the context of knowledge sharing for ambidexterity, especially within the context of organizations in the United Arab Emirates.
DOI Link
ISSN
Publisher
Emerald
Volume
28
Issue
11
First Page
132
Last Page
155
Disciplines
Business
Keywords
Knowledge quality, Knowledge sharing, Organizational ambidexterity, Organizational performance
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Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Dzenopoljac, Aleksandra; Dzenopoljac, Vladimir; Muhammed, Shahnawaz; Abidi, Oualid; and Kraus, Sascha, "Intra-organizational knowledge sharing, ambidexterity and firm performance: evaluating the role of knowledge quality" (2024). All Works. 6686.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/6686
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yes
Open Access
yes
Open Access Type
Hybrid: This publication is openly available in a subscription-based journal/series