title: Tacit knowledge: A refinement and empirical test of the Academic Tacit Knowledge Scale.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: West Virginia University, College of Business and Economics, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA. gsinsch@mail.wvu.edu
authors.forename: Gary S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Insch
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: McIntyre
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dawley
mesh_terms: 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