Formal hierarchical structure, in the form of centralization, has a significant negative effect on knowledge sharing, and informal lateral relations, in the form of social interaction, have a significant positive effect on knowledge sharing among units that compete with each other for market share, but not among units that compete with each other for internal resources.
| Construct | Cites | Category | Questions given? | Content validity | Pretests | Response type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centralization | NEW | yes | experts | additional correlated questions | 7-point likert scale from "strongly disagree" to "strongly agree" | ||
| Social Interaction | NEW | no | no | none | 24 options to construct matrix | ||
| Interunit Competition | NEW | no | no | none | 24 options to construct matrix | ||
| Strategic Relatedness | Markides, 1996 | no | no | none | scale of high, low, or moderate | ||
| Intraorganizational (or Interunit) Knowledge Sharing | NEW | no | no | opposite question asked too | 24 options to construct matrix |
Wenpin Tsai. Social Structure of “Coopetition” Within a Multiunit Organization: Coordination, Competition, and Intraorganizational Knowledge Sharing. Organization Science, 13(2):179–190, April 2002. doi:10.1287/orsc.13.2.179.536.
@article{tsai_social_2002,
author = {Tsai, Wenpin},
doi = {10.1287/orsc.13.2.179.536},
issn = {1047-7039, 1526-5455},
journal = {Organization Science},
language = {en},
month = {April},
number = {2},
pages = {179-190},
shorttitle = {Social {{Structure}} of ``{{Coopetition}}'' {{Within}} a {{Multiunit Organization}}},
title = {Social {{Structure}} of ``{{Coopetition}}'' {{Within}} a {{Multiunit Organization}}: {{Coordination}}, {{Competition}}, and {{Intraorganizational Knowledge Sharing}}},
volume = {13},
year = {2002}
}