Working from anywhere: yin–yang cognition paradoxes of knowledge sharing and hiding for developing careers in China
Abstract Digital technology coupled with the quarantines caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has made working from anywhere (WFA)—a modern form of remote working—a widespread phenomenon. Given that WFA brings new career challenges to and engenders paradoxes of knowledge exchange among employees, this re...
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| author | Tachia Chin Yi Shi Manlio Del Giudice Jianwei Meng Zeyu Xing |
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| description | Abstract Digital technology coupled with the quarantines caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has made working from anywhere (WFA)—a modern form of remote working—a widespread phenomenon. Given that WFA brings new career challenges to and engenders paradoxes of knowledge exchange among employees, this research aims to examine how the interactions of remote work time (RWT), knowledge sharing (KS), and knowledge hiding (KH) affect career development (CD) from a culturally grounded paradoxical framing of yin–yang harmonizing. The data were collected from Chinese manufacturing employees, and a moderated hierarchical regression analysis was used to examine the hypotheses. The results show an inverted U-shaped relationship between RWT and CD. The interaction of KS and KH is significantly related to CD, and the inverted U-shaped RWT–CD relationship is moderated by the interaction term, in which RWT exerts the most substantial positive impact on CD when KS is high and KH is low. This study offers valuable implications for coping with perplexing employment relationships and increasing career challenges in volatile work environments. The primary originality is to adopt a novel cognitive frame of yin–yang harmonizing to examine the nonlinear effect of remote working and the symbiotic impact of KS and KH on CD, which not only enriches the understanding of flexible work arrangements in the digital economy but also provides novel insights into the interconnectedness of KS and KH and their interacting effects on HRM-related outcomes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8e52e67f209440a580fddd25409603f42023-05-21T11:11:14ZengSpringer NatureHumanities & Social Sciences Communications2662-99922023-05-0110111010.1057/s41599-023-01744-5Working from anywhere: yin–yang cognition paradoxes of knowledge sharing and hiding for developing careers in ChinaTachia Chin0Yi Shi1Manlio Del Giudice2Jianwei Meng3Zeyu Xing4School of Management, Zhejiang University of TechnologySchool of Management, Zhejiang University of TechnologyUniversity of Rome “Link Campus University”School of Marxism Studies, University of Chinese Academy of SciencesSchool of Management, Zhejiang University of TechnologyAbstract Digital technology coupled with the quarantines caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has made working from anywhere (WFA)—a modern form of remote working—a widespread phenomenon. Given that WFA brings new career challenges to and engenders paradoxes of knowledge exchange among employees, this research aims to examine how the interactions of remote work time (RWT), knowledge sharing (KS), and knowledge hiding (KH) affect career development (CD) from a culturally grounded paradoxical framing of yin–yang harmonizing. The data were collected from Chinese manufacturing employees, and a moderated hierarchical regression analysis was used to examine the hypotheses. The results show an inverted U-shaped relationship between RWT and CD. The interaction of KS and KH is significantly related to CD, and the inverted U-shaped RWT–CD relationship is moderated by the interaction term, in which RWT exerts the most substantial positive impact on CD when KS is high and KH is low. This study offers valuable implications for coping with perplexing employment relationships and increasing career challenges in volatile work environments. The primary originality is to adopt a novel cognitive frame of yin–yang harmonizing to examine the nonlinear effect of remote working and the symbiotic impact of KS and KH on CD, which not only enriches the understanding of flexible work arrangements in the digital economy but also provides novel insights into the interconnectedness of KS and KH and their interacting effects on HRM-related outcomes.https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-023-01744-5 |
| spellingShingle | Tachia Chin Yi Shi Manlio Del Giudice Jianwei Meng Zeyu Xing Working from anywhere: yin–yang cognition paradoxes of knowledge sharing and hiding for developing careers in China Humanities & Social Sciences Communications |
| title | Working from anywhere: yin–yang cognition paradoxes of knowledge sharing and hiding for developing careers in China |
| title_full | Working from anywhere: yin–yang cognition paradoxes of knowledge sharing and hiding for developing careers in China |
| title_fullStr | Working from anywhere: yin–yang cognition paradoxes of knowledge sharing and hiding for developing careers in China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Working from anywhere: yin–yang cognition paradoxes of knowledge sharing and hiding for developing careers in China |
| title_short | Working from anywhere: yin–yang cognition paradoxes of knowledge sharing and hiding for developing careers in China |
| title_sort | working from anywhere yin yang cognition paradoxes of knowledge sharing and hiding for developing careers in china |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-023-01744-5 |
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