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2025 AOM Annual Meeting

Session: 25645: The Dynamics of Knowledge Sharing: Leadership, Technology, and Culture

12978: Embracing Dual Cultural Values for Knowledge Activities in Teams (session 25645)

Monday, July 28, 2025

10:15 - 11:45 CEST (GMT+2)

Location: Bella Center: Hall B- B4-m6

Session Type: Paper Session
Orientation: International
Shareable link: https://cdmcd.co/YKLmnw

Author(s)

YJ

Yuan Jiang

China Europe International Business School, China
WG

Wenjing Guo

University of Leeds, United Kingdom
KY

Katsuhiko Yoshikawa

-, Japan
CC

Chih-Hsun Chuang

National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan
JC

Jingqiu Chen

Shanghai Jiao Tong U., China

This study attends to the role and functioning of two universal and seemingly constrasting cultural values—individualism and collectivism. By differentiating between individualists, collectivists, and ambiculturalists (those who score high on both value dimensions), we test theoretically-derived propositions about team cultural profiles, that is, composition of individualists, collectivists, and ambiculturalists in teams, and their effects on team knowledge activities. In the first study, using a sample of research and development teams in information technology companies, we found support for the effect of team cultural profiles on team process (i.e., team trust) and thereby team knowledge sharing. In the second experimental study with university students, team cultural profiles were found to be associated with team knowledge sharing via one team process variable (team cohesion) but not the other (team efficacy). Overall, our research contributes to a more nuanced understanding about team composition of individual values and its impact on knowledge activities.

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