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Knowledge sharing: an innovative organizational approach to engage volunteers
No full textPurpose: A profound managerial transformation approach is increasingly designed to unleash the energy and creativity of employees. The purpose of this paper is to observe as the organizations in this sector can use the knowledge sharing to derive maximum efficiency from such crucial volunteers, creating an environment suitable for stimulating the psychological well-being that is the basis of engagement. Design/methodology/approach: This exploratory study proposes a model to account the intrinsic and extrinsic motivations to exchange knowledge related to factors that stimulate volunteer's engagement. Findings: The results of a survey of 301 volunteers operating in European organizations indicate that influencers of volunteers in a specific domain activated by knowledge sharing can act as sources of creation and can reinforce their identity, sense of belonging and trust in the organization. Research limitations/implications: Despite results cannot be generalized because of the samples of convenience, exploratory factor analysis was used to identify the elements for which nonprofit organizations should activate a knowledge-sharing strategy so that engaged volunteers feel like cocreators of values and therefore act as true competitive assets. Originality/value: This paper contributes to the expansion of engagement studies through framing the motivations of volunteers in knowledge sharing as a process of social interaction that involves knowledge, experience and expertise and which is able to create an environment suitable to feeding the psychological well-being that is the basis of engagement
I nuclei di valutazione e gli indici di bilancio nella gestione degli Enti Locali. Un esame delle Amministrazioni Comunali della Provincia di Lecce
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Sustainability disclosure through virtual community: the case of the wine sector
No full textPurpose: The purpose of this paper is to observe how the motivational engagement system of the consumers should be established so that communities of practice became a driver to reducing the informative asymmetries of sustainability. Design/methodology/approach: The paper proposes a conceptual framework called connection, discussion and influence (CDI), along which the motivational dimensions to disclose sustainability can be formed. The framework has been tested on 200 firms in the Italian wine industry. A correlation analysis proved to be suitable for identifying groups of representative variables representing the engagement motivations that characterize participation in sustainability-oriented virtual communities. Findings: The findings of this paper suggest that the pro-social behavior represented by the exchange of knowledge oriented toward sustainability is enhanced by the engagement of online community members. This happens when the online community is structured so as to activate a virtuous circle between CDI. Research limitations/implications: The main limitation of this study is the interviewees do not actually participate in a virtual community, but have only been asked if they would be potentially interested in participating in one, and about the importance they give to specific motivations. Practical implications: The paper provides important reflections for companies operating in the wine industry that have been called to intervene in the disclosure of sustainability. Originality/value: The virtuous circle described here is the main contribution of the paper, as it can serve as a driver for managers of virtual communities that choose to disclose their idea of sustainability to reduce informative asymmetries and to engage consumers
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
A network model approach to enhance knowledge sharing for internationalization readiness of SMEs
Full text linkPurpose: Building upon the insights of the resource-based view and internationalization theories, the purpose of this paper is to examine the role networks play in SMEs' readiness for internationalization. By investigating three different types of knowledge sharing, namely economic-setting, market-specific and customer-specific, the study analyzes their effect on SMEs' readiness for internationalization. Design/methodology/approach: The four research hypotheses derived by from the analysis of the literature have been investigated by applying the multiple regression technique. By means of an online survey, 300 valid questionnaires were collected and information from a sample of Italian SMEs belonging to 11 agro-food consortia have been analyzed. Findings: The results suggest that SMEs' readiness for internationalization could be supported by sharing customer-specific, market-specific and economic-setting knowledge with other firms operating within the same agro-food consortium. Additionally, data analysis highlights a negative relation between the risk perception in the process and readiness for internationalization, suggesting the importance of knowledge sharing in reducing the criticality issues of being a newcomer entering international markets. Originality/value: From a theoretical perspective, this study aims to fill the gap in knowledge management and international relationship marketing literature. Since proposes a combination of different kinds of knowledge that contribute to reducing the criticalities SMEs must face by identifying useful information to be conveyed within the network. From a managerial perspective, the study provides useful insights for the agro-food sector, highlighting how experiential and network knowledge constitutes a pre-condition for managing internationalization complexity and discovering opportunities on foreign markets
A network model approach to enhance knowledge sharing for internationalization readiness of SMEs
Full text linkPurpose: Building upon the insights of the resource-based view and internationalization theories, the purpose of this paper is to examine the role networks play in SMEs' readiness for internationalization. By investigating three different types of knowledge sharing, namely economic-setting, market-specific and customer-specific, the study analyzes their effect on SMEs' readiness for internationalization. Design/methodology/approach: The four research hypotheses derived by from the analysis of the literature have been investigated by applying the multiple regression technique. By means of an online survey, 300 valid questionnaires were collected and information from a sample of Italian SMEs belonging to 11 agro-food consortia have been analyzed. Findings: The results suggest that SMEs' readiness for internationalization could be supported by sharing customer-specific, market-specific and economic-setting knowledge with other firms operating within the same agro-food consortium. Additionally, data analysis highlights a negative relation between the risk perception in the process and readiness for internationalization, suggesting the importance of knowledge sharing in reducing the criticality issues of being a newcomer entering international markets. Originality/value: From a theoretical perspective, this study aims to fill the gap in knowledge management and international relationship marketing literature. Since proposes a combination of different kinds of knowledge that contribute to reducing the criticalities SMEs must face by identifying useful information to be conveyed within the network. From a managerial perspective, the study provides useful insights for the agro-food sector, highlighting how experiential and network knowledge constitutes a pre-condition for managing internationalization complexity and discovering opportunities on foreign markets
La Knowledge Sharing tra imprese e territorio per la creazione di uno sviluppo identitario sostenibile
No full textIl lavoro propone un framework teorico per un possibile sviluppo identitario impreseterritorio basato sulla Knowledge Sharing, attivata lungo le tre dimensioni dello
sviluppo sostenibile. In quanto processo di interazione sociale questa, infatti, risponde
alla prospettiva della Stakeholder Causal Scope (SCS), che considera il
coinvolgimento coma la “possibility of contributing mutually beneficial value among
the key stakeholders or value network”. Per verificare l’adeguatezza delle variabili
individuate per la finalità indicata, è stato realizzato uno studio empirico condotto su
301 imprese agroalimentari operanti all’interno di consorzi di tutela italiani. I dati
rilevati sono stati rielaborati attraverso una Exploratory Factor Analysis che ha
permesso di identificare 6 aree di condivisione della conoscenza tra imprese ed attori
del territorio lungo le quali è possibile costruire un percorso di sviluppo identitario. I
risultati della ricerca offrono utili indicazioni per la definizione di strategie di cocreazione di sviluppo sostenibile di un territorio nella prospettiva di partnerships for
the goals and its significance for sustainable Growth (Agenda 2030)
To digit or to head? Designing digital transformation journey of SMEs among digital self-efficacy and professional leadership
No full textThe study illustrates the significance of the characteristics of the individual SME entrepreneurs and enterprises in the digital transformation of SMEs. Adopting a mixed-method approach, we conducted 18 qualitative interviews and collected empirical data from 369 Indian SME entrepreneurs. The findings evidence that the digital self -efficacy of SME entrepreneurs significantly influences the digital transformation journey of the firms, and that SMEs managed by a professional leader will score better in the digital transformation journey. The study observed a significant moderating influence of the entrepreneur's age and the firm's age between digital self -efficacy and digital transformation. Finally, we found a significant association between digital transformation and firm performance. The findings of our study offer essential insights to the technology providers engaged in designing customized solutions for SMEs, keeping in mind their individual characteristics. The results will also help policymakers in promoting digitalization in the SME sector
A novel view on knowledge sharing in the agri-food sector
No full textPurpose
Nowadays, the agri-food sector is facing several challenges due to a rapid technological change which calls for knowledge sharing (KS) practices to enhance businesses’ performance. This has spurred a collaborative approach and the creation of networks. Since there still is a paucity of research on the quality degree of KS, the purpose of this study is to offer an empirical research on the quality degree of KS by exploring outcome expectations and social exchange dimensions. Theoretically, it is examined by a double lens of social capital and social cognitive theory.
Design/methodology/approach
This study offers an empirical analysis of 313 directors of 11 “consortia” in the agri-food sector in Italy by using the fuzzy expert system. The model allows to aggregate multi criteria dimensions of KS and rates its quality.
Findings
As resulted, the quality degree of KS is influenced by outcome expectations – personal and community expectations – and three forms of dimensions of social exchange: structural, relational and cognitive. The paper ends with a discussion of research findings, its limitations and implications.
Originality/value
As there is still a paucity of research on the determinants of quality degree of KS, the research adopts a double lens of social capital and social cognitive theories to explore what are these determinants
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