WHAT DO WE HAVE IN-COMMON? OVERCOMING THE NOT-INVENTED-HERE SYNDROME THROUGH RECATEGORISATION
| Autor: | Marion A. Weissenberger-Eibl, Tim Hampel |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Publica |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Knowledge management
business.industry Strategy and Management 05 social sciences Not-invented-here syndrome 050109 social psychology knowledge transfer open innovation Management of Technology and Innovation 0502 economics and business Not invented here Decision-making biases 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Attitude change Business and International Management business Psychology Knowledge transfer 050203 business & management Open innovation |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Innovation Management. 25:2150070 |
| ISSN: | 1757-5877 1363-9196 |
| DOI: | 10.1142/s1363919621500705 |
| Popis: | The not-invented-here (NIH) syndrome describes a negatively-shaped attitude of employees towards externally generated knowledge. Despite being cited as one of the largest barriers in the transfer of external knowledge, empirical evidence on interventions to overcome NIH remains scarce. To address this research gap, we design a brief and specific recategorisational-intervention on basis of the common in-group identity model in order to change employees’ attitudes towards external knowledge directly. Additionally, we take into account the effects of affirmations as a frequently mentioned countermeasure to NIH and also investigate the role of dual identities in recategorisation. To test our hypothesis, we conducted a large field experiment with a total of 1,097 employees within a multinational organisation. Results revealed that (I) organisational identification and status are positively related to higher levels of NIH, (II) a recategorisational-intervention completely removes the NIH bias and leads to a significant increase in the evaluation of external knowledge. |
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