Knowledge Exchange in Intra-Organizational Innovation Communities: The Role of Cognitive and Affective States

BuR Business Research Journal, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 43-58, May 2012

16 Pages Posted: 23 May 2012

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Anne-Katrin Neyer

Fraunhofer Gesellschaft - Fraunhofer MOEZ; University of Erlangen-Nuremberg-Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen Nürnberg

Kathrin M. Moeslein

University of Erlangen-Nuremberg; HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management

Bastian Bansemir

Handelshochschule Leipzig (HHL) - Leipzig Graduate School of Management

Date Written: May 18, 2012

Abstract

Many aspects in the area of designing platforms for intra-organizational innovation communities are not well understood. In this article, we examine the impact of technologically induced psychological factors on knowledge exchange in such communities. Using two experimental pretest-posttest experiments, we find that the implementation of (i) technologically induced self-efficacy (expressed by a ‘hurray’ message) and (ii) technologically induced positive affect (expressed by playing some 30 seconds of rock-‘n’-roll music) in the design of the platform results in an influential increase of knowledge exchange. Importantly, the studies suggest that the integration of technologically induced self-efficacy leads to a higher extent of knowledge exchange than technologically induced positive affect. The implications of these results for future research and practice as well as for the design of a platform for such communities are discussed.

Keywords: cognition and affect, innovation community, knowledge processes

JEL Classification: M100, M120

Suggested Citation

Neyer, Anne-Katrin and Moeslein, Kathrin M. and Bansemir, Bastian, Knowledge Exchange in Intra-Organizational Innovation Communities: The Role of Cognitive and Affective States (May 18, 2012). BuR Business Research Journal, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 43-58, May 2012, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2064638

Anne-Katrin Neyer (Contact Author)

Fraunhofer Gesellschaft - Fraunhofer MOEZ ( email )

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University of Erlangen-Nuremberg-Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen Nürnberg ( email )

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Kathrin M. Moeslein

University of Erlangen-Nuremberg ( email )

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Germany

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HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management ( email )

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Bastian Bansemir

Handelshochschule Leipzig (HHL) - Leipzig Graduate School of Management ( email )

Jahnallee 59
Leipzig, D-04109
Germany

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