RT journal article
T1 The influence of team members’ motivation and leaders’ behaviour on scientific knowledge sharing in universities
A1 Ballesteros-Rodríguez, José Luis
A1 de Saá-Pérez, Petra
A1 García Carbonell, Natalia
A1 Martín Alcázar, Fernando
A1 Sánchez Gardey, Gonzalo
A2 Organización de Empresas
K1 human resources management
K1 knowledge sharing
K1 leadership
K1 motivation
K1 research teams
AB This article aims to analyse the influence of team members’ motivation and leaders’behaviour on knowledge sharing among the academics of a research project team. Tothat end, a study of 678 academic researchers belonging to project teams linked toseveral Spanish universities was conducted. Hierarchical regression analysis was used toanalyse the data, and the results reveal that leaders with a knowledge-oriented stylehave a positive influence on the knowledge shared among the members of theirresearch team. Nevertheless, and contrary to expectations, the results also show that academics’ extrinsic motivation has a negative effect on knowledge sharing, whileintrinsic motivation has no effect. The findings are similar when considering the scientificfield. This article makes an important contribution to the knowledge managementliterature in the particular context of academic research. It reveals the importance of aknowledge-oriented leadership style as a key determinant of knowledge sharing withinresearch teams.
PB SAGE
SN 1461-7226
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/38065
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/38065
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 06-nov-2026