%0 Journal Article
%T Knowledge Exchange in Intra-Organizational Innovation Communities: The Role of Cognitive and Affective States
%A Bastian Bansemir
%A Anne-Katrin Neyer
%A Kathrin M. M£¿slein
%J BuR : Business Research
%D 2012
%I Verband der Hochschullehrer f¨¹r Betriebswirtschaft e.V.
%X Many aspects in the area of designing platforms for intra-organizational innovation communities are not well understood. In this article, we examine the impact of technologically induced psychological factors on knowledge exchange in such communities. Using two experimental pretest-posttest experiments, we find that the implementation of (i) technologically induced self-efficacy (expressed by a ¡®hurray¡¯ message) and (ii) technologically induced positive affect (expressed by playing some 30 seconds of rock-¡®n¡¯-roll music) in the design of the platform results in an influential increase of knowledge exchange. Importantly, the studies suggest that the integration of technologically induced self-efficacy leads to a higher extent of knowledge exchange than technologically induced positive affect. The implications of these results for future research and practice as well as for the design of a platform for such communities are discussed.
%K cognition and affect
%K innovation community
%K knowledge processes
%U http://www.business-research.org/2012/1/management/3310/bansemir-neyer-moeslein-knowledge-exchange.pdf