Vicarious Performance and privity in construction contracts

Purpose – Why and when people working in organisations hide their knowledge has received considerable academic attention. However, little attention has been paid to knowledge hiding in academia itself, even though universities are known as places where knowledge is shared. This study considers the d...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Aymen Masadeh, Professor (author)
منشور في: 2014
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:https://bspace.buid.ac.ae/handle/1234/3637
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description Purpose – Why and when people working in organisations hide their knowledge has received considerable academic attention. However, little attention has been paid to knowledge hiding in academia itself, even though universities are known as places where knowledge is shared. This study considers the dilemma faced by academics when undertaking research work: should they share or hide what they are doing? Design/methodology/approach – Using empirical evidence drawn from 20 academics in a number of UK Business Schools, we carried out in depth interviews to investigate the effects of strategic knowledge hiding (SKH) on research knowledge work. We argue that SKH can drive competitive individuals to establish research superiority. Findings – The findings revealed that most respondents have, for strategic reasons, hidden their tacit and/or explicit knowledge from others during ongoing research processes, but have, at the same time, purposefully sought for knowledge from targeted colleagues. Originality – Our findings extend the previous literature by revealing not only the distinctive individual antecedents of SKH, but also its positive outcomes. The findings illustrate a pioneering contribution of a systematic model of SKH among university business school academics.
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spelling Vicarious Performance and privity in construction contractsAymen Masadeh, ProfessorPurpose – Why and when people working in organisations hide their knowledge has received considerable academic attention. However, little attention has been paid to knowledge hiding in academia itself, even though universities are known as places where knowledge is shared. This study considers the dilemma faced by academics when undertaking research work: should they share or hide what they are doing? Design/methodology/approach – Using empirical evidence drawn from 20 academics in a number of UK Business Schools, we carried out in depth interviews to investigate the effects of strategic knowledge hiding (SKH) on research knowledge work. We argue that SKH can drive competitive individuals to establish research superiority. Findings – The findings revealed that most respondents have, for strategic reasons, hidden their tacit and/or explicit knowledge from others during ongoing research processes, but have, at the same time, purposefully sought for knowledge from targeted colleagues. Originality – Our findings extend the previous literature by revealing not only the distinctive individual antecedents of SKH, but also its positive outcomes. The findings illustrate a pioneering contribution of a systematic model of SKH among university business school academics.2026-01-22T09:35:07Z2014Articlehttps://bspace.buid.ac.ae/handle/1234/3637en_USInternational Construction Law Reviewoai:bspace.buid.ac.ae:1234/36372026-02-01T07:51:29Z
spellingShingle Vicarious Performance and privity in construction contracts
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title Vicarious Performance and privity in construction contracts
title_full Vicarious Performance and privity in construction contracts
title_fullStr Vicarious Performance and privity in construction contracts
title_full_unstemmed Vicarious Performance and privity in construction contracts
title_short Vicarious Performance and privity in construction contracts
title_sort Vicarious Performance and privity in construction contracts
url https://bspace.buid.ac.ae/handle/1234/3637