Abstract
Using a sample of 252 R & D teams in Guangzhou, Foshan, Shenzhen, the researcher empirically examines the relationship between knowledge heterogeneity and knowledge innovation performance, the mediating role of knowledge share. Results indicate that knowledge heterogeneity is positively related to knowledge share, the same with knowledge share and knowledge innovation performance. This paper analyzes the results comprehensively and makes recommendations from multiple perspectives including building the knowledge heterogeneous steams, advocating the collaborative spirit, building a knowledge shared platform, improving the organizational structure, and grooming the communication.
Highlights
Knowledge innovation has emerged as a key determinant of enterprise innovation
On the basis of previous researches, this paper investigates the mechanism how knowledge heterogeneity affects team innovation performance through knowledge share, helping enterprises improve the results of knowledge share and team innovation performance
Considering the factor sharing tendency has been ignored in Zhang Jian and other scholars’ researches and its existence among both team members and executives at the beginning of team building, this paper suggest the positive relationship between knowledge heterogeneity and knowledge share
Summary
Knowledge innovation has emerged as a key determinant of enterprise innovation. R & D team plays a leading role in enterprise innovation activities. The team members’ knowledge stocks are of great differences, which are connected to the team innovation performance. Most of the related researches analyze team heterogeneity comprehensively, paying attention to team members’ age heterogeneity, gender heterogeneity and knowledge heterogeneity [1]. The mechanism how knowledge heterogeneity influences team innovation performance is very complicated, which has seldom been tested. (2014) The Relation between Knowledge Heterogeneity and Knowledge Innovation Performance of R & D Team. Y. Yang more, team conflict is the most common mediating variable in the existing mechanisms. On the basis of previous researches, this paper investigates the mechanism how knowledge heterogeneity affects team innovation performance through knowledge share, helping enterprises improve the results of knowledge share and team innovation performance
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