Employees' knowledge searching in professional virtual forums and in teams: A complement or substitute?

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Highlights：

• Creative thinking (CT) and expertise identification (EI) increase employees' creativity.

• CT and EI increase employees' knowledge searching in teams (EKST).

• Knowledge searching in teams mediates CT and EI and employees' creativity.

• Employees' knowledge searching in professional virtual forums moderates CT and EKST.

• Employees' knowledge searching in professional virtual forums doesn't moderate EI and EKST.

摘要

•Creative thinking (CT) and expertise identification (EI) increase employees' creativity.•CT and EI increase employees' knowledge searching in teams (EKST).•Knowledge searching in teams mediates CT and EI and employees' creativity.•Employees' knowledge searching in professional virtual forums moderates CT and EKST.•Employees' knowledge searching in professional virtual forums doesn't moderate EI and EKST.

论文关键词：Professional virtual forums,Employee creativity,Creative thinking,Expertise identification,Knowledge searching

论文评审过程：Received 1 October 2016, Revised 21 January 2017, Accepted 1 May 2017, Available online 2 May 2017, Version of Record 6 May 2017.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.05.004