期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT
卷 33, 期 5, 页码 1532-1553出版社
EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1108/IJCHM-09-2020-1071
关键词
Knowledge hiding; Decision-making; Hospitality firms; Front-line employee; Bounded-rational; Psychological reaction; Knowledge management
资金
- National social science fund of China [16BGL112]
- Sun Yat-Sen University [19wkpy68]
This paper examines the psychological process of front-line employees in hospitality firms making decisions on hiding knowledge. It proposes a theoretical framework describing how hotel employees evaluate the cost and benefit of knowledge exchange implicitly, and illustrates the strategies they use to make bounded-rational decisions in situations characterized by time constraints and limited information. Hotel managers can use the psychological process presented in this paper to better understand how FLEs make knowledge-hiding decisions in the workplace, and specific measures are suggested to reduce FLEs' knowledge-hiding behaviors at each stage of their knowledge exchange decision process.
Purpose This paper aims to explore the psychological process by which front-line employees (FLEs) in hospitality firms make decisions on hiding knowledge. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative methodology was used, with triangulated data collection from six different types of hospitality firms. By using the thematic analysis approach, a conceptual framework consisting of seven main themes was constructed to reflect the replicable logic of an individual's knowledge exchange decision-making in various situations. Findings This study proposes a theoretical framework describing how hotel employees evaluate the cost and benefit of knowledge exchange implicitly. Using this framework, this paper illustrates the strategies that FLEs use to make a bounded-rational decision on knowledge exchange in situations characterized by time constraints and limited information. Practical implications Hotel managers can use the psychological process presented in this paper to better understand how FLEs make knowledge-hiding decisions in the workplace. Furthermore, specific measures are suggested to reduce FLEs' knowledge-hiding behaviors in each stage of their knowledge exchange decision process. Originality/value This paper uncovers the psychological process of individuals' decision-making regarding hiding knowledge from others in the hotel context, thus increasing the understanding of the rationale of FLEs' knowledge hiding behaviors from the perspective of bounded-rational decision theory.
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