<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper aims at investigating the relationship between knowledge sharing activities and innovation capability at both individual and organizational levels. By reviewing extensive literature, a conceptual framework is built with integrating three factors: knowledge sharing, individual innovation capability and firm innovation capability. This study applies structural equation modeling (SEM) to analyze the data collected from 392 employees working at major Vietnam’s telecommunication companies. Empirical results show that knowledge sharing including knowledge donating, knowledge collecting play an important role in improving individual innovation capability. There is no direct link between knowledge collecting and organizational innovation capability, while knowledge donating has direct positive impact on product and managerial innovation. Furthermore, the individual innovation capability acts as a mediating variable between knowledge sharing practices and firm innovation capability. Implications for academics and practitioners are provided in this study.</p></abstract>

This paper aims at investigating the relationship between knowledge sharing activities and innovation capability at both individual and organizational levels. By reviewing extensive literature, a conceptual framework is built with integrating three factors: knowledge sharing, individual innovation capability and firm innovation capability. This study applies structural equation modeling (SEM) to analyze the data collected from 392 employees working at major Vietnam’s telecommunication companies. Empirical results show that knowledge sharing including knowledge donating, knowledge collecting play an important role in improving individual innovation capability. There is no direct link between knowledge collecting and organizational innovation capability, while knowledge donating has direct positive impact on product and managerial innovation. Furthermore, the individual innovation capability acts as a mediating variable between knowledge sharing practices and firm innovation capability. Implications for academics and practitioners are provided in this study.

Knowledge sharing and innovation capability at both individual and organizational levels: An empirical study from Vietnam’s telecommunication companies

Department of Information  and E-commerce

Department of Economic Information Systems and Electronic Commerce

Department of Business Administration, Graduate School of International Social Sciences

Management & Marketing

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This paper aims at investigating the relationship between knowledge sharing activities and innovation capability at both individual and organizational levels....

Knowledge sharing and innovation capability at both individual and organizational levels: An empirical study from Vietnam’s telecommunication companies

Published Online: Jun 30, 2020

Page range: 275 - 301

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mmcks-2020-0017

Keywords
knowledge sharing, knowledge donating, knowledge collecting, firm innovation capability, individual innovation capability

© 2020 Tuan Phong Nham et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Knowledge sharing and innovation capability at both individual and organizational levels: An empirical study from Vietnam’s telecommunication companies

Published Online: Jun 30, 2020

Page range: 275 - 301

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mmcks-2020-0017

Keywordsknowledge sharing, knowledge donating, knowledge collecting, firm innovation capability, individual innovation capability

© 2020 Tuan Phong Nham et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
knowledge sharing, knowledge donating, knowledge collecting, firm innovation capability, individual innovation capability