Helping as Mundane Knowledge Sharing: Do Bundled Help Request and Quiet Time Increase Performance?
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چکیده
On a daily level, knowledge is shared when one employee asks another for help. The positive e®ects of helping have been studied, but less is known about how helping can be made more e±cient in terms of lowering the costs for the helpers. We investigated how two methods to channel knowledge sharing (bundled help requests and quiet time) a®ect helping e±ciency. Bundling means that help requesters ̄rst collect some requests before asking; quiet time means that an organization de ̄nes time spans during which its employees must not interrupt and ask one another for help. We conducted a laboratory experiment and found that bundling increased the e±ciency of helping, thereby increasing the combined performance of the helper and the help requester. Quiet time, however, decreased their combined per formance. We discuss the implications of our ̄ndings for knowledge management research and practice.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- JIKM
دوره 13 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014