Tacit knowledge: A refinement and empirical test of the Academic Tacit Knowledge Scale.
Researchers have linked tacit knowledge to improved organizational performance, but research on how to measure tacit knowledge is scarce. In the present study, the authors proposed and empirically tested a model of tacit knowledge and an accompanying measurement scale of academic tacit knowledge. They present 6 hypotheses that support the proposed tacit knowledge model regarding the role of cognitive (self-motivation, self-organization); technical (individual task, institutional task); and social (task-related, general) skills. The authors tested these hypotheses with 542 responses to the Academic Tacit Knowledge Scale, which included the respondents' grade point average-the performance variable. All 6 hypotheses were supported.
Insch
Gary S
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West Virginia University, College of Business and Economics, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA. gsinsch@mail.wvu.edu
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Nancy
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Dawley
David
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D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001076:Aptitude; D003071:Cognition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009042:Motivation; D010560:Personnel Selection; D012919:Social Behavior; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult