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Aino Kianto, Tatiana Andreeva and Xing Shi<br />

Table 1: Factor loadings and coefficient alphas <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> KM practices scales<br />

Items Comp<strong>on</strong>ent<br />

1 2 3 4 5<br />

Strategic management <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> knowledge Cr<strong>on</strong>bach α = .892<br />

Our organisati<strong>on</strong> has a clear<br />

understanding <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> our current core<br />

.748<br />

knowledge<br />

Our organisati<strong>on</strong> has a clear view <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> what<br />

knowledge and competences are <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> most<br />

relevant for <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> objectives<br />

Our organisati<strong>on</strong>'s knowledge and<br />

competences are evaluated systematically<br />

Our organisati<strong>on</strong> benchmarks our strategic<br />

knowledge against that <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> our competitors<br />

Our organisati<strong>on</strong> explicitly recognizes<br />

knowledge as a key element in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

strategic planning exercises<br />

Our organisati<strong>on</strong> has a clear strategy for<br />

developing knowledge and competences<br />

Organizati<strong>on</strong>al culture Cr<strong>on</strong>bach α = .942<br />

Openness and trust are valued in our .764<br />

organisati<strong>on</strong><br />

Flexibility and a desire to innovate are .799<br />

valued in our organisati<strong>on</strong><br />

Employees who take initiative <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir own<br />

learning are highly valued in our<br />

organisati<strong>on</strong><br />

Willingness to share less<strong>on</strong>s learned is<br />

valued in our organisati<strong>on</strong><br />

In our organisati<strong>on</strong> less<strong>on</strong>s learned both<br />

successful and unsuccessful are<br />

c<strong>on</strong>sidered valuable<br />

In our organisati<strong>on</strong> various units are<br />

encouraged to collaborate with each o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r<br />

.835<br />

.824<br />

.805<br />

Human resource management Cr<strong>on</strong>bach α = .877<br />

Our organisati<strong>on</strong> specifically rewards<br />

knowledge sharing with m<strong>on</strong>etary<br />

incentives<br />

Our organisati<strong>on</strong> specifically rewards<br />

knowledge sharing with n<strong>on</strong>-m<strong>on</strong>etary<br />

incentives<br />

Our organisati<strong>on</strong> specifically rewards<br />

knowledge creati<strong>on</strong> with m<strong>on</strong>etary<br />

incentives<br />

Our organisati<strong>on</strong> specifically rewards<br />

knowledge creati<strong>on</strong> with n<strong>on</strong>-m<strong>on</strong>etary<br />

incentives<br />

In our organisati<strong>on</strong> knowledge sharing is a<br />

comp<strong>on</strong>ent in employees’ performance<br />

evaluati<strong>on</strong><br />

Organizati<strong>on</strong>al structure Cr<strong>on</strong>bach α = .853<br />

People from different parts <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> our<br />

organisati<strong>on</strong> interact informally with each<br />

o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r in a frequent manner<br />

In our organisati<strong>on</strong> open dialogues are<br />

comm<strong>on</strong> am<strong>on</strong>g/between employees and<br />

manager<br />

.755<br />

.724<br />

.531<br />

.747<br />

.713 .306 .308<br />

.592 .312<br />

.821<br />

.751<br />

.743<br />

.666<br />

.708<br />

.739<br />

.389 .680<br />

In our projects our organisati<strong>on</strong> uses<br />

teams c<strong>on</strong>sisting <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> people with skills and<br />

expertise from diverse fields<br />

.375 .674<br />

In our organisati<strong>on</strong> we frequently use<br />

cross-functi<strong>on</strong>al teams and projects<br />

.672<br />

In our organisati<strong>on</strong> we have purposeful<br />

overlap <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> functi<strong>on</strong>al resp<strong>on</strong>sibilities<br />

.675<br />

Informati<strong>on</strong> and communicati<strong>on</strong> technologies Cr<strong>on</strong>bach α = .884<br />

518

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