Purpose

This paper aims to address the challenges knowledge actors face when using knowledge codifiability to develop common interests. The challenge is compounded when actors with diverse knowledge domains depend on each other to complete tasks, and, simultaneously, update their knowledge to address novelty in the organizational environment.

Design/methodology/approach

Given this context, this paper studies the impact of two moderating variables, systems dependence (Z) and novelty (W), on the relationship between knowledge codifiability (X) and common interests (M). This study also examines whether common interests (M) mediate the relationship between knowledge codifiability (X) and knowledge transfer (Y). To test the hypotheses, the authors collected data from 163 entrepreneurs in the southwest USA.

Findings

The results demonstrate that novelty in the knowledge domain of actors provides a supporting context for knowledge codifiability to develop common interests, but only when actors’ dependence on each other to complete tasks is at low to medium level. Moreover, the results also provide evidence that common interests mediate the relationship between codifiability and ease of knowledge transfer.

Originality/value

Using the results, this study provides a decision-making framework for managing tasks based on system dependence and novelty level.

中文翻译：

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知识可编码性、共同兴趣与知识转移：新颖性增加下系统依赖的抑制作用

目的

本文旨在解决知识参与者在利用知识可编码性发展共同利益时面临的挑战。当具有不同知识领域的参与者相互依赖来完成任务，并同时更新他们的知识以应对组织环境中的新奇事物时，挑战就会变得更加复杂。

设计/方法论/途径

在这种背景下，本文研究了系统依赖性（Z）和新颖性（W）这两个调节变量对知识可编码性（X）和共同兴趣（M）之间关系的影响。本研究还探讨了共同兴趣 (M) 是否介导了知识可编码性 ( X ) 和知识转移 ( Y )之间的关系。为了检验这些假设，作者收集了美国西南部 163 名企业家的数据。

发现

结果表明，参与者知识领域的新颖性为知识可编码性发展共同兴趣提供了支持背景，但前提是参与者完成任务的相互依赖性处于低到中等水平。此外，结果还提供了证据，表明共同利益调解了可编码性和知识转移难易程度之间的关系。

原创性/价值

利用这些结果，本研究提供了一个基于系统依赖性和新颖性水平来管理任务的决策框架。