The team absorptive capacity triad: a configurational study of individual, enabling, and motivating factors

Sandor Jan Albert Löwik, Jeroen Kraaijenbrink, Arend J. Groen · 2016 · Journal of Knowledge Management

Summary. Knowledge-intensive teams develop absorptive capacity through three complementary factors: individual team members' knowledge absorption abilities, organizational systems enabling knowledge integration, and motivational structures encouraging knowledge sharing. The study of 48 teams across four Dutch firms shows that weakness in any single factor reduces overall team performance, and these factors function as complements rather than substitutes.

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Löwik, S. J. A., Kraaijenbrink, J., & Groen, A. J.. (2016). The team absorptive capacity triad: a configurational study of individual, enabling, and motivating factors. Journal of Knowledge Management. https://doi.org/10.1108/jkm-11-2015-0433

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DOI: 10.1108/jkm-11-2015-0433
Countries: Netherlands
Regions: Europe
Categories: innovation-networks, innovation-theory, general-innovation
Added: 2026-04-28