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Dual Allegiance, Knowledge Sharing, And Knowledge Protection: An Empirical Examination

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  • KENNETH HUSTED

    (The University of Auckland Business School, Owen G Glenn Building, 12 Grafton Road, 1142 Auckland, New Zealand;
    Aalto University School of Business, Finland)

  • SNEJINA MICHAILOVA

    (The University of Auckland Business School, Owen G Glenn Building, 12 Grafton Road, 1142 Auckland, New Zealand;
    Aalto University School of Business, Finland)

  • HEIDI OLANDER

    (Lappeenranta University of Technology School of Business, PO Box 20, FI-53851 Lappeenranta, Finland)

Abstract

Earlier research has put forward the theoretical proposition that R&D employees exhibit different patterns of allegiance — they tend to either develop a unilateral allegiance (to their own firm or to the inter-firm collaboration), a dual low allegiance or a dual high allegiance. It has also been proposed that each particular allegiance type influences these employees' knowledge sharing behaviour. The present paper empirically tests these claims. Analysing original data collected through 50 interviews that took place in 2011 and 2012 in the R&D units of two global firms in Finland, the United States, and China, we confirm that these allegiance patterns exist and there is a relationship between allegiance and knowledge sharing behaviour. We also extend the previous theoretical framework on which the study is based and analyse not only knowledge sharing, but also knowledge protection behaviour.

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  • Kenneth Husted & Snejina Michailova & Heidi Olander, 2013. "Dual Allegiance, Knowledge Sharing, And Knowledge Protection: An Empirical Examination," International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 17(06), pages 1-33.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijimxx:v:17:y:2013:i:06:n:s1363919613400227
    DOI: 10.1142/S1363919613400227
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    1. Jorge F. S. Gomes & Pia Hurmelinna & Heidi Olander, 2021. "Hr Practices, Knowledge Sharing And Protection Activities, And Performance — A Moderation Model," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Joe Tidd (ed.), Managing Knowledge, Absorptive Capacity and Innovation, chapter 14, pages 387-405, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    2. Baron, Justus & Kanevskaia, Olia, 2023. "Wearing multiple hats—The role of working group chairs’ affiliation in standards development," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 52(9).

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