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Individual knowledge management engagement, knowledge-worker productivity, and innovation performance in knowledge-based organizations: the implications for knowledge processes and knowledge-based systems

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The literature on the knowledge management relatively ignores an important concept, the individual knowledge management engagement-the degree to which a knowledge worker is involved with the knowledge management-related activities. This concept is imperative for nurturing the productivity of knowledge workers, knowledge management architecture effectiveness, and innovation. Therefore, this study proposes the mediating role of knowledge-worker productivity between individual knowledge management engagement and innovation. The data were collected from the 330 knowledge workers of IT sector of Pakistan and analyzed using the SmartPLS 3 Version 2.6. The results indicate the partial mediation of knowledge-worker productivity between the individual knowledge management engagement and innovation. The results suggest the pivotal role of individual knowledge management engagement in increasing the innovation and knowledge-worker productivity in the knowledge-based organizations.

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  1. COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Attock Campus, Attock, Pakistan

    Muhammad Ali Butt

  2. The Department of Management Sciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Attock Campus, Attock, Pakistan

    Faisal Nawaz, Saddam Hussain & Muhammad Shujahat

  3. CIEO - Algarve University and BRU - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

    Maria José Sousa

  4. KM&EL Lab, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong

    Minhong Wang

  5. The Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong

    Muhammad Saleem Sumbal

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Butt, M.A., Nawaz, F., Hussain, S. et al. Individual knowledge management engagement, knowledge-worker productivity, and innovation performance in knowledge-based organizations: the implications for knowledge processes and knowledge-based systems. Comput Math Organ Theory 25, 336–356 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10588-018-9270-z

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