The measurement scales
| Items | Standardized factor loadings | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Transformational leadership | Carless et al. (2000) | |
| Team leader communicates a clear and positive vision of the future | 0.726 | |
| Team leader treats staff as individuals, supports and encourages their development | 0.761 | |
| Team leader gives encouragement and recognition to staff | 0.823 | |
| Team leader fosters trust, involvement and cooperation among team members | 0.798 | |
| Team leader encourages thinking about problems in new ways and questions assumptions | 0.755 | |
| Team leader is clear about his/her values and practices what he/she preaches | 0.803 | |
| Team leader instills pride and respect in others and inspires me by being highly competent | 0.797 | |
| Perceived team CoPs | ||
| The domain | ||
| Team members share concerns and interests at work | 0.709 | Wenger (2011) |
| Team members share the vision of helping others solve their problems | 0.773 | Chiu et al. (2006) |
| Team members share the same goal of learning from each other | 0.737 | Chiu et al. (2006) |
| The community | ||
| Team members learn new skills and knowledge through collaborating with one another | 0.775 | Cadiz et al. (2009) |
| In our team, there is an open environment for free communication | 0.628 | Cadiz et al. (2009) |
| Team members help each other at work | 0.731 | Wenger (2011) |
| The practice | ||
| Team members share our experience or know-how from work with one another | 0.759 | Jeon et al. (2011) |
| Team members share our expertise from education or training with one another | 0.730 | Jeon et al. (2011) |
| Team members shared what we learned at work | 0.770 | Cadiz et al. (2009) |
| Knowledge creation | ||
| I frequently come up with new ideas about our working methods and processes | 0.786 | Andreeva and Kianto (2011), Goswami and Agrawal (2020) and Khedhaouria and Jamal (2015) |
| If a traditional method is not effective anymore, I develop a new method | 0.802 | |
| I use existing know-how in a creative manner for new applications | 0.782 | |
| I frequently experiment with new alternatives | 0.761 | |
| I am highly imaginative in thinking about new or better solutions to resolve problems | 0.809 | |
| I often invent new ideas to resolve nonroutine situations | 0.814 | |
| Knowledge sharing with other teams | ||
| I will share my work reports and official documents with other teams | 0.721 | Bock et al. (2005) |
| I will always provide my manuals, methodologies and models for other teams | 0.779 | |
| I intend to share my experience or know-how with other teams | 0.796 | |
| I will always provide my know-where or know-whom at the request of other teams | 0.676 | |
| I will try to share my expertise from my education or training with other teams in a more effective way | 0.761 | |
| Knowledge withholding from other teams | ||
| I contribute less knowledge than I know I can for other teams | 0.704 | Lin and Huang (2010) |
| I give less effort on knowledge contribution than other teams | 0.616 | |
| I often leave contributing knowledge to other teams | 0.708 | |
| I often take advantage of other teams’ knowledge without contribution | 0.640 | |
| I avoid contributing knowledge to other teams as much as possible | 0.749 | |
| Items | Standardized factor loadings | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Transformational leadership | ||
| Team leader communicates a clear and positive vision of the future | 0.726 | |
| Team leader treats staff as individuals, supports and encourages their development | 0.761 | |
| Team leader gives encouragement and recognition to staff | 0.823 | |
| Team leader fosters trust, involvement and cooperation among team members | 0.798 | |
| Team leader encourages thinking about problems in new ways and questions assumptions | 0.755 | |
| Team leader is clear about his/her values and practices what he/she preaches | 0.803 | |
| Team leader instills pride and respect in others and inspires me by being highly competent | 0.797 | |
| Team members share concerns and interests at work | 0.709 | |
| Team members share the vision of helping others solve their problems | 0.773 | |
| Team members share the same goal of learning from each other | 0.737 | |
| Team members learn new skills and knowledge through collaborating with one another | 0.775 | |
| In our team, there is an open environment for free communication | 0.628 | |
| Team members help each other at work | 0.731 | |
| Team members share our experience or know-how from work with one another | 0.759 | Jeon |
| Team members share our expertise from education or training with one another | 0.730 | |
| Team members shared what we learned at work | 0.770 | |
| I frequently come up with new ideas about our working methods and processes | 0.786 | |
| If a traditional method is not effective anymore, I develop a new method | 0.802 | |
| I use existing know-how in a creative manner for new applications | 0.782 | |
| I frequently experiment with new alternatives | 0.761 | |
| I am highly imaginative in thinking about new or better solutions to resolve problems | 0.809 | |
| I often invent new ideas to resolve nonroutine situations | 0.814 | |
| I will share my work reports and official documents with other teams | 0.721 | |
| I will always provide my manuals, methodologies and models for other teams | 0.779 | |
| I intend to share my experience or know-how with other teams | 0.796 | |
| I will always provide my know-where or know-whom at the request of other teams | 0.676 | |
| I will try to share my expertise from my education or training with other teams in a more effective way | 0.761 | |
| I contribute less knowledge than I know I can for other teams | 0.704 | |
| I give less effort on knowledge contribution than other teams | 0.616 | |
| I often leave contributing knowledge to other teams | 0.708 | |
| I often take advantage of other teams’ knowledge without contribution | 0.640 | |
| I avoid contributing knowledge to other teams as much as possible | 0.749 | |
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