Determinants of role-incongruent knowledge transfer behavior of apprentices and trainers in the context of the German apprenticeship system.

Autor/inn/en	Schmidt, Xenia; Muehlfeld, Katrin; Peter, Alexander
Titel	Determinants of role-incongruent knowledge transfer behavior of apprentices and trainers in the context of the German apprenticeship system. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Determinanten des rollenkongruenten Wissenstransferverhaltens von Auszubildenden und Ausbildern im Kontext des deutschen Ausbildungssystems.
Quelle	In: German journal of human resource management, 36 (2022) 4, S. 474-504 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2397-0030
DOI	10.1177/23970022211029291
Schlagwörter	Rollenwandel; Abweichendes Verhalten; Autorität; Vertrauen; Lebensalter; Rollenverhalten; Rollenverteilung; Soziale Rolle; Abweichendes Verhalten; Autorität; Deutschland; Lebensalter; Auszubildender; Soziale Rolle; Vertrauen; Ausbilder; Determinante; Rollenverhalten; Wissenstransfer; Determinante; Betriebliche Berufsausbildung; Einflussfaktor; Ausbilder; Auszubildender; Deutschland
Abstract	"What motivates individuals to engage in role-incongruent knowledge transfer? Drawing on role congruity theory, we characterize role-incongruent ("reverse") knowledge transfer as being based on an incongruity of the functional and social roles of the actors. Further integrating status characteristics theory and relational demography, we propose affect- and cognition-based trust as well as age as determinants of individuals' engaging in such reverse knowledge transfer. In so doing, we distinguish between the social roles of trainers and apprentices, as these social roles carry implications for which behaviors are regarded as role-congruent or -incongruent. We test the resulting conceptual framework based on individual-level data from 442 participants (338 apprentices and 104 trainers) in multiple organizations within the context of vocational education training. The results largely support our hypotheses: For trainers, affect-based trust in apprentices and own age are positively associated with role-incongruent knowledge seeking, and the latter relationship is positively moderated by apprentice age. For apprentices, affect based trust is positively and cognition-based trust is negatively related to their role-incongruent knowledge sharing, but age has no significant effect. Finally, supplementary analyses document that the antecedents of reverse knowledge transfer differ from those factors that are significantly related to role-congruent knowledge exchange." The study refers to the period 2015-2015. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku)..
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2023/1