Understanding how communication network centralities and goal orientations are related to knowledge hiding

Abstract

Drawing on social capital and motivational theories, this research examines how organisational members’ network centralities and motivational traits impact their reactions to the tension between their pursuit of social capital and preservation of personal intellectual capital. Specifically, this study focuses on how work team members’ communication network centralities (degree and betweenness centralities) and their goal orientations (performance and learning goal orientations) are related to their knowledge hiding behaviours. Online survey data were collected from 200 employees in 31 organisational teams across the U.S. and China. Multiple regression analyses of these cross-sectional data reveal that a member’s betweenness centrality in the communication network is positively related to knowledge hiding, and one’s learning goal orientation is negatively related to knowledge hiding. The integration of both the network and motivational perspectives allows for a more inclusive and nuanced understanding of knowledge hiding, and offers pragmatic insights into effective knowledge management.

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