Table A1

The measurement scales

ItemsStandardized factor loadingsSources
Transformational leadership Carless et al. (2000) 
Team leader communicates a clear and positive vision of the future0.726
Team leader treats staff as individuals, supports and encourages their development0.761
Team leader gives encouragement and recognition to staff0.823
Team leader fosters trust, involvement and cooperation among team members0.798
Team leader encourages thinking about problems in new ways and questions assumptions0.755
Team leader is clear about his/her values and practices what he/she preaches0.803
Team leader instills pride and respect in others and inspires me by being highly competent0.797
Perceived team CoPs  
The domain  
Team members share concerns and interests at work0.709Wenger (2011) 
Team members share the vision of helping others solve their problems0.773Chiu et al. (2006) 
Team members share the same goal of learning from each other0.737Chiu et al. (2006) 
The community  
Team members learn new skills and knowledge through collaborating with one another0.775Cadiz et al. (2009) 
In our team, there is an open environment for free communication0.628Cadiz et al. (2009) 
Team members help each other at work0.731Wenger (2011) 
The practice 
Team members share our experience or know-how from work with one another0.759Jeon et al. (2011)
Team members share our expertise from education or training with one another0.730Jeon et al. (2011) 
Team members shared what we learned at work0.770Cadiz et al. (2009) 
Knowledge creation  
I frequently come up with new ideas about our working methods and processes0.786Andreeva and Kianto (2011), Goswami and Agrawal (2020) and Khedhaouria and Jamal (2015) 
If a traditional method is not effective anymore, I develop a new method0.802
I use existing know-how in a creative manner for new applications0.782
I frequently experiment with new alternatives0.761
I am highly imaginative in thinking about new or better solutions to resolve problems0.809
I often invent new ideas to resolve nonroutine situations0.814
Knowledge sharing with other teams
I will share my work reports and official documents with other teams0.721Bock et al. (2005) 
I will always provide my manuals, methodologies and models for other teams0.779
I intend to share my experience or know-how with other teams0.796
I will always provide my know-where or know-whom at the request of other teams0.676
I will try to share my expertise from my education or training with other teams in a more effective way0.761
Knowledge withholding from other teams  
I contribute less knowledge than I know I can for other teams0.704Lin and Huang (2010) 
I give less effort on knowledge contribution than other teams0.616
I often leave contributing knowledge to other teams0.708
I often take advantage of other teams’ knowledge without contribution0.640
I avoid contributing knowledge to other teams as much as possible0.749

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