Investigating Knowledge Hiding Behavior through the Lens of Social Network Analysis
Abstract/Description
In this competitive environment an organization’s success is based on how knowledge is acquired and exchanged among employees. Informal structure among employees is more significant for knowledge exchange. Social network of individuals represents the informal structure of a unit. Every individual in a network holds a certain position which depicts his/her social ties, influence, power and resourcefulness. Network density and network centrality are the most common measures to identify the network position an individual holds within a specific network. Limited research is conducted in exploring knowledge hiding behavior from social network perspective. Therefore, this study has selected social network positions depicting informal structure of knowledge intensive teams to investigate the knowledge hiding behavior. Furthermore, the relationship between network density and knowledge hiding, mediated by trust will be examined. These relationships between social network positions and knowledge hiding behavior will be studied quantitatively using a survey method. The results of the study will fill the theoretical and contextual gap in the literature of knowledge hiding by investigating it through the lens of social network analysis.
Keywords
Ego-centric network, network density, network centrality, social network analysis, knowledge hiding
Track
Management
Session Number/Theme
Management - Session I
Start Date/Time
13-6-2025 4:10 PM
End Date/Time
13-6-2025 5:30 PM
Location
MCC – 11 AMAN CED Building
Recommended Citation
Choudhary, S. (2025). Investigating Knowledge Hiding Behavior through the Lens of Social Network Analysis. IBA SBS 4th International Conference 2025. Retrieved from https://ir.iba.edu.pk/sbsic/2025/program/37
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Investigating Knowledge Hiding Behavior through the Lens of Social Network Analysis
MCC – 11 AMAN CED Building
In this competitive environment an organization’s success is based on how knowledge is acquired and exchanged among employees. Informal structure among employees is more significant for knowledge exchange. Social network of individuals represents the informal structure of a unit. Every individual in a network holds a certain position which depicts his/her social ties, influence, power and resourcefulness. Network density and network centrality are the most common measures to identify the network position an individual holds within a specific network. Limited research is conducted in exploring knowledge hiding behavior from social network perspective. Therefore, this study has selected social network positions depicting informal structure of knowledge intensive teams to investigate the knowledge hiding behavior. Furthermore, the relationship between network density and knowledge hiding, mediated by trust will be examined. These relationships between social network positions and knowledge hiding behavior will be studied quantitatively using a survey method. The results of the study will fill the theoretical and contextual gap in the literature of knowledge hiding by investigating it through the lens of social network analysis.
Comments
It is a working paper with proposed hypotheses, data is collected but analysis is not yet performed. My purpose of submission my working paper in this conference is to seek feedback from domain related experts on my research idea and how further it can be improved.