A Conceptualization of “Knowledge-Bluffing” in Knowledge-Sharing Activities

초록

This article conceptualizes the notion of knowledge-bluffing that has been underexplored in the literature on knowledge hostilities. Distinguishing from a typical form of lie, this article focuses on the self-impression motive for knowledge-bluffing, and further explores several key antecedents that predict knowledge-bluffing behavior at the individual (ethical disposition, perceived expert power, goal orientation, and moral emotion), knowledge structural (knowledge asymmetry, dissimilarity, and identifiability), and contextual (organizational climate, process interdependence, and social interaction) levels. In doing so, this article expands the theoretical scope of knowledge hostilities, and offers practical implications to the organizational managers from a knowledge management perspective.

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