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The Effect of Telework Frequency on Communication Media and Knowledge Sharing in Japan

verfasst von : Remy Magnier-Watanabe

Erschienen in: Knowledge Management in Organisations

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Covid-19 has forced millions of office workers to telework without proper training or job redesign. This paper investigates how telework frequency has affected the use of communication media, and subsequently knowledge sharing. A large sample of full-time Japanese employees with no prior telework experience is examined using mediation analysis.

Results suggest that telework resulted in a lower use of face-to-face meetings and phone calls, and in a higher use of chat and virtual meetings, and had no effect on email use. Moreover, phone call, chat, and virtual meeting frequencies were found to mediate the relationship between telework frequency and knowledge sharing.

These findings highlight the importance of both existing and newer communication media in offsetting the loss of face-to-face meeting opportunities, and show that companies have found ways to achieve effective knowledge sharing during mandatory telework. Firms should therefore invest in tools and training to speed up the adoption of instant messaging and virtual meeting solutions.

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Titel: The Effect of Telework Frequency on Communication Media and Knowledge Sharing in Japan
verfasst von: Remy Magnier-Watanabe
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Buch: Knowledge Management in Organisations
Print ISBN: 978-3-031-07919-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-031-07920-7

Copyright-Jahr: 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07920-7_1

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