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| The Effect of Knowledge Flow on Organization Creativity in Organizational Information Environment |
| Xue Weixian,Sun Shuyu |
| (School of Economics and Management，Xi'an University of Technology，Xi'an 710054，China) |
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Abstract Through the analysis of the internal composition of knowledge flow and organizational information environment, the impact of knowledge spillovers/knowledge diffusion, executive support/ICT applications on organizational creativity, and the relationship between different organizational information environments and knowledge flow and organizational creativity are explored. Using enterprise data with a higher level of informatization, empirical analysis is conducted using hierarchical regression analysis. The research results show that knowledge flow positively influences organizational creativity. Compared with knowledge spillover, knowledge diffusion has a stronger positive effect on organizational creativity. Organizational informatization positively affects organizational creativity. Compared with ICT applications, executive support has a stronger positive impact on organizational creativity. Executive support plays a significant role in the positive adjustment between knowledge spillover/knowledge diffusion and organizational creativity. The application of ICT in the diffusion of knowledge and organizational creativity has a significant role in strengthening, and there is no significant regulation between knowledge spillovers and organizational creativity.
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Received: 13 September 2018
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