Motivation, Knowledge Transfer, and Organizational Forms

Motivation, Knowledge Transfer, and Organizational Forms

Employees are motivated intrinsically as well as extrinsically. Intrinsic motivation is crucial when tacit knowledge in and between teams must be transferred. Organizational forms enable different kinds of motivation and have different capacities to generate and transfer tacit knowledge. Since knowl...

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Veröffentlicht in:Organization science (Providence, R.I.) R.I.), 2000-09, Vol.11 (5), p.538-550
Hauptverfasser: Osterloh, Margit, Frey, Bruno S
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Competitive advantage
Computer industry
Contracts
Criminal motive
Crowding Effects
Crowding out effect
Economic motivation
Economic theory
Economists
Employee motivation
Employees
Explicit knowledge
Firm Theory
Knowledge
Knowledge Transfer
Management
Motivation
Organization
Organization theory
Organizational analysis
Organizational learning
Profit centers
Profits
Psychology
Resource-Based View
Tacit Knowledge
Technology transfer
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Zusammenfassung:Employees are motivated intrinsically as well as extrinsically. Intrinsic motivation is crucial when tacit knowledge in and between teams must be transferred. Organizational forms enable different kinds of motivation and have different capacities to generate and transfer tacit knowledge. Since knowledge generation and transfer are essential for a firm's sustainable competitive advantage, we ask specifically what kinds of motivation are needed to generate and transfer tacit knowledge, as opposed to explicit knowledge.
ISSN:1047-7039
1526-5455
DOI:10.1287/orsc.11.5.538.15204