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The Consequences Of Educational Specialty And Nationality Faultlines For Project Teams, Yuan Jiang, Susan Jackson, James Shaw, Yunhyung Chung
The Consequences Of Educational Specialty And Nationality Faultlines For Project Teams, Yuan Jiang, Susan Jackson, James Shaw, Yunhyung Chung
James B Shaw
Using a sample of 162 R&D teams, we investigated the influence of HRM systems for knowledge intensive teamwork on external team knowledge acquisition and internal team knowledge sharing. This study also examined the interactive effect of HRM systems and knowledge tacitness and the combined influence of HRM systems and empowering leadership. HRM systems for knowledge-intensive teamwork were positively associated with team knowledge acquisition and team knowledge sharing. Knowledge tacitness moderated the HRM–knowledge acquisition relationship, reducing the influence of HRM systems. Further, empowering leadership appeared to substitute for the effect of HRM systems. Our findings suggest that an integration of strategic …