Individual and team-level predictors of SECI and creativity: A multilevel approach

• Autor(a) principal: Baldé, Mariama Maria Spencer Embaló
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/11531
• topic: SECI; Intrinsic motivation; LMX; Confiança -- Trust; Motivação intrínseca; Confiança de equipa

Knowledge creation is a prominent theme within the knowledge management field, thus questions arises regarding which factors facilitate SECI. Researchers have investigated knowledge creation enablers, in isolation, at different level of analysis (i.e., organization level). To fill this gap, this paper develops a multilevel research design. As teams have emerged as a key unit of functioning, this research aims not only to examine the effects of individual and team-level enablers on team-level SECI, but also to develop two scales to measure SECI at both levels of analysis, consequently providing integration to a fragmented body of research. The model includes four facilitators: intrinsic motivation, individual-level LMX, team-level trust and team-level LMX. Furthermore, individual-level SECI is studied as a promoter of individual creativity. Analyses of a multi-source data obtained from 431 team-members who worked in 59 teams, in 51 companies based in Lisbon, London and Maputo, showed that team-level trust has a cross-level moderating effect on the positive relationship of individuallevel LMX on team-level SECI. The results may be used for further empirical research and as guide to the use of individual and team processes as a vehicle to improve SECI, in team settings. Furthermore, findings suggest that the developed scale is a reliable measure of SECI, which can help organizations diagnose knowledge creation and sharing practices in teams and develop strategies accordingly.