Knowledge-sharing restrictions in the life sciences : personal and context-specific factors in academia–industry knowledge transfer

Gerbin, Ani (avtor), Drnovšek, Mateja (avtor)

Purpose – Knowledge sharing in research communities has been considered indispensable to progress in science. The aim of this paper is to analyze the mechanisms restricting knowledge sharing in science. It considers three categories of academia–industry knowledge transfer and a range of individual and contextual variables as possible predictors of knowledge-sharing restrictions. Design/methodology/approach – A unique empirical data sample was collected based on a survey among 212 life science researchers affiliated with universities and other non-profit research institutions. A rich descriptive analysis was followed by binominal regression analysis, including relevant checks for the robustness of the results. Findings – Researchers in academia who actively collaborate with industry are more likely to omit relevant content from publications in co-authorship with other academic researchers; delay their coauthored publications, exclude relevant content during public presentations; and deny requests for access to their unpublished and published knowledge. Practical implications – This study informs policymakers that different types of knowledge-sharing restrictions are predicted by different individual and contextual factors, which suggests that policies concerning academia–industry knowledge and technology transfer should be tailored to contextual specificities. Originality/value – This study contributes new predictors of knowledge-sharing restrictions to the literature on academia–industry interactions, including outcome expectations, trust and sharing climate. This study augments the knowledge management literature by separately considering the roles of various academic knowledge-transfer activities in instigating different types of knowledge-sharing restrictions in scientific research.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: knowledge, knowledge transfer, universities, industry, knowledge sharing, life sciences, restrictions, academia–industry
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: EF - Ekonomska fakulteta
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2020
• Št. strani: Str. 1533-1557
• Številčenje: Vol. 24, no. 7
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-117600
• UDK: 005.3
• ISSN pri članku: 1367-3270
• DOI: 10.1108/JKM-11-2019-0651
• COBISS.SI-ID: 22337795
• Datum objave v RUL: 17.07.2020

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Journal of knowledge management
• Skrajšan naslov: J. knowl. manag.
• Založnik: Emerald
• ISSN: 1367-3270
• COBISS.SI-ID: 20511749

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: znanje, prenos znanja, univerze, industrija