The impact of knowledge sharing on innovative work behavior is explored in many studies. Some studies
acknowledge that this relationship can be mentioned as research by Radaelli et al. (2014), Akhavan et al.
(2015), Jaberi (2016), Phung et al. (2017), Akram et al. (2018). In research at telecommunications enterprises, the authors also concluded that knowledge sharing with two central processes is knowledge donation and collection related to innovative work behavior. From the results of formal quantitative research, we see that the impact of knowledge sharing on innovation behavior is meaningful. Compared
with the process of knowledge donation, the process of knowledge collection has a stronger impact on
innovative work behavior (β = 0.213 and 0.204 respectively). This result is explained based on the results
of the interview with telecommunications enterprise employees. When interviewing, the authors found
that employees who actively communicate and acquire knowledge are often quite proactive in interacting
with colleagues to create new ideas to apply to work. An employee with 6 - 10 years of experience
answered: “I often have a habit of talking to colleagues and willing to tell colleagues what I know. I think
that will give us the opportunity to discuss and find new ways to work more effectively”. A head of board
with more than 15 years of experience answered: “I see employees who actively communicate and share
their knowledge with colleagues often actively engage with colleagues, establish innovation groups in
the enterprise. Many initiatives come from these groups; therefore, I think should encourage such groups
because a person is not easy to find new solutions that are useful for the enterprise
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Management Science Letters 10 (2020) 53–62
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The impact of knowledge sharing on innovative work behavior of Vietnam telecommuni-
cations enterprises employees
Thi Phuong Linh Nguyena*, Nhat Minh Trana, Xuan Hau Doana and Van Hau Nguyena
aNational Economics University, Vietnam
C H R O N I C L E A B S T R A C T
Article history:
Received: July 8 2019
Received in revised format: July 9
2019
Accepted: August 11, 2019
Available online:
August 12, 2019
Innovative work behavior can stem from the sharing of knowledge between individuals and col-
leagues. Based on sample size survey of 396 Vietnam telecommunication employees with
Cronbach’s Alpha analysis, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), correlation analysis, regression anal-
ysis, the study shows that the impact of knowledge sharing with two central processes (knowledge
donation and knowledge collection) on innovative work behavior was meaningful. Compared with
the process of knowledge donation, the process of knowledge collection has a stronger impact on
innovative work behavior (β = 0.213 and 0.204 respectively). Besides, the authors propose some
suggestions for telecommunications enterprise managers to influence the employee’s behavioral
innovation through the impact of knowledge sharing.
© 2020 by the authors; licensee Growing Science, Canada
Keywords:
Knowledge sharing
Knowledge donation
Knowledge collection
Innovative work behavior
1. Introduction
In the service sector, the telecommunications service with the role of social infrastructure has the effect
of promoting the process of economic growth and social restructuring towards progress, productivity and
effective improvement in rural agriculture, industry and social services to improve the quality of life. The
level of competition in Vietnam’s telecommunications market is forecasted to be even more intense as
the market has entered a saturation phase and more new service providers have appeared on the market
as entering world trade organization (WTO). Besides, with the pervasive nature of the industrial revolu-
tion 4.0, the development of technology will be faster and stronger with remarkable changes. Therefore,
Vietnam telecommunications enterprises need to focus on developing in depth, proactively promote in-
novation, exploit knowledge and develop technology to catch up with the continuous progress of tech-
nology and effectively capture the great opportunities that this revolution brings. From the early 1990s,
researchers and business managers around the world have adopted and approached a new trend in enter-
prise development: Knowledge Management. It is understood as a process that consists of basic activities
such as creating, acquiring, storing, exploiting, sharing and developing the source of knowledge assets
in the enterprise into useful values for the operation of enterprise. In those activities, knowledge sharing
is considered a core activity of knowledge management. Knowledge sharing among employees and de-
partments within the organization is necessary to transfer the knowledge of individuals and groups into
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organizational knowledge, leading to effective knowledge management. Some researchers found that
knowledge sharing is critical for the success of a company (Davenport & Prusak, 1998), when individuals
share knowledge with each other, it significantly increases the resources of an organization, reducing the
time wasted in testing and reporting errors, as long as knowledge sharing is reluctant to affect the organ-
ization's existence (Lin, 2007). When employees actively share knowledge, knowledge is acquired and
thereby facilitating conditions to promote innovative work behavior - the basis of proposing and realizing
ideas in the implementation of work at organization. Therefore, learning about knowledge sharing and
the impact of knowledge sharing on innovative work behavior is really necessary.
2. Research model and hypotheses
2.1. Knowledge sharing
Knowledge sharing involves different individuals at various levels in the organization; sharing between
individuals or between individuals and a group of people. This process assumes that at least two parties
are involved: one communicates or distributes knowledge while the other acquires and collects
knowledge (Van den Hooff & de Ridder, 2004; Vithessonthi, 2008). Weggeman (2000) and Van der Rijt
(2002) studied the difference between these two processes, in which: donating knowledge is shared with
others the intellectual capital of the owner himself; collecting knowledge is to consult with colleagues to
share their own intellectual capital. Van den Hooff and de Ridder (2004) defined knowledge sharing as
the process by which individuals exchange knowledge (both tacit and explicit knowledge) and create
new knowledge together. Van den Hooff and de Ridder (2004) separated knowledge sharing into two
processes of donating and collecting knowledge when individuals exchange knowledge with each other.
This view was inherited by Van den Hooff and de Ridder (2004) from the previous three studies of
Weggeman (2000) that distinguished between donors and recipients in the process of knowledge sharing;
Oldenkamp (2001) discussed how knowledge sharing relates to people with knowledge owners and re-
cipients, wanting to learn knowledge; Ardichvili et al. (2003) with the view that knowledge sharing in-
cludes the provision of new knowledge and the need for new knowledge. Some recent studies also inherit
the research of scholars before the concept of knowledge sharing consists of two central processes of
knowledge donation and collection. In this study, the authors also mentioned knowledge sharing includ-
ing two processes of donating and collecting knowledge as the views of some scholars mentioned above.
2.2. Innovative work behavior
Innovative work behavior is defined as the behavior of employees to create, introduce and apply new
ideas intentionally at work, a group or an organization that contributes to performance (Janssen, 2000).
This behavior is intentional behavior of individuals to create and implement new and useful ideas to
benefit individuals, groups or organizations (Bos-Nehles & Veenendaal, 2017). It is also a process for
creating new problem-solving applications that begin with problem identification, finding solutions and
implementing organizational solutions (Turgut & Beğenirbaş, 2013). Åmo and Kolvereid (2005) defined
innovative work behavior as the ability to actively work to produce new products, find new markets, new
processes and new combinations (Dhar, 2015). Innovative work behavior is divided into two phases by
Dorenbosch et al. (2005): inventing and implementing ideas; meanwhile Scott and Bruce (1994) divided
into three phases: forming new and useful ideas, seeking support and implementing ideas that were
formed and promoted. The first stage is conceptualization - employees identify problems and opportuni-
ties, seeking new ideas to act as solutions to problem solving; the second stage is called idea protection
- the idea is promoted throughout the organization to seek support for the next development or in other
words, group building, including individuals with the capacity needed to practice ideas; the third stage is
idea practice - putting ideas into the promotion of daily business or organization work (Janssen, 2000).
2.3. The impact of knowledge sharing on innovative work behavior
Knowledge sharing is one of the important processes of knowledge management systems (Bartol & Sri-
vasta, 2002) since this is a way to transparent tacit knowledge and is the foundation for creating new
knowledge. Vorakulpipat and Rezgui (2008) pointed out that the stage of knowledge creation is the next
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step and involves the need for innovation. The process of creating knowledge takes place through the
transition process, which is the process by which one expresses and shares with others. People with lim-
ited knowledge of some aspects will then capture knowledge from others. King (2009) described the
process of socialization and externalization in knowledge creation theory as social processes that allow
people to interact and share knowledge, thereby creating new knowledge. According to Darroch and
McNaughton (2002), strengthening the sharing of knowledge by organizations leads to creativity and
innovation to develop new working methods, new procedures and change traditional methods as well as
make organizations grow and operate better. Knowledge sharing is an important factor affecting the
company’s innovation (Qammach, 2016). Explicit knowledge directly affects the rate of innovation while
tacit knowledge affects innovation quality.
Knowledge sharing is a factor that encourages individuals to create knowledge and transform it into
greater power (Liebowitz & Chen, 2001). When employees actively share knowledge, knowledge is ac-
quired and facilitate conditions to promote innovative work behavior. Holub (2003) emphasized that the
transfer of knowledge will be faster through sharing that fosters thinking and creativity. Processes in the
SECI model: socialization, externalization, combination, and internalization are identified as useful for
the creation and exchange of knowledge (Nonaka & Takeuchi, 1995). Knowledge sharing is capable of
promoting the creation and implementation of ideas of knowledge recipients (Mura et al., 2013). Sharing
knowledge with colleagues allows individuals to exchange ideas, discuss ideas with peers, draw their
attention to the benefits of ideas and implement ideas by turning into a viable solution (Mura et al, 2016).
Wang and Noe (2010) emphasized that individuals involved in knowledge sharing have the expectation
that their ideas will be approved in the future by colleagues in the form of promoting or implementing
new ideas. These individuals trust that their managers and colleagues are more satisfied with their work
(Li, 2010). Sharing knowledge among employees makes them more responsive in situations (Hon &
Rensvold, 2006), thus more creative. Thus, knowledge sharing is related to innovation in enterprises.
Innovative work behavior can stem from the sharing of knowledge between individuals and colleagues.
Previous researchers such as Radaelli et al. (2014), Akhavan et al. (2015), Jaberi (2016), Phung et al.
(2017), Akram et al. (2018) have confirmed that having an impact of donating and collecting knowledge
on innovative work behavior. Therefore, the hypotheses are proposed as follows:
Hypothesis 1 (H1): The process of donating knowledge has a positive impact on innovative work behavior.
Hypothesis 2 (H2): The process of collecting knowledge has a positive effect on innovative work behavior.
Fig. 1. Expected research model
3. Research methodology
Data collection
The study used a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods, in which:
After conducting the research on secondary data, the authors conducted in-depth interviews with 2 groups
of subjects (i) telecommunications enterprise managers (heads/deputy heads of board in
telecommunications enterprises); (ii) telecommunications enterprise employees to understand and clarify
Knowledge sharing
Knowledge
donation
Knowledge
collection
Innovative work
behavior
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knowledge sharing and the impact of knowledge sharing on innovative work behavior of
telecommunications enterprise employees. Based on the research overview and the results of in-depth
interviews, the authors conducted a survey to serve the investigation. There are 3 scales in the research
model with items that are inherited from previous studies. The sample of the authors is the employee
currently working in telecommunications enterprises in the North, Central and South, specifically the
authors have conducted a total investigation of 30 telecommunications enterprises across the country,
accounting for about 40% of the total number of telecommunications service providers currently doing
business. Their positions in departments are much related to knowledge sharing such as: Centre of Infor-
mation Technology/Operations, Department of Planning, Department of Labor Organization/Human Re-
sources, Department of Research and Development Products/Network, Department of Technical, De-
partment of Quality Management, Department of Project Management and other functional departments.
The authors chose samples in a convenient way and to ensure representativeness, the research sample
tried to be distributed according to the North, Central and South regions. In addition, the selection of the
research sample appropriately allocated according to job position and demographic factors to ensure
comparison in the results obtained. The authors investigated through sending the survey directly and via
the Internet (email, social networks and forums) thanks to google docs or surveymokey tool to study
subjects. After cleaning the data, the number of official observations collected is 396 to perform the next
analysis steps.
Age Educational background
Working region Years of Job experience
Fig. 2. Personal characteristics of the participants
Statistics 396 observed in the official quantitative research shows that the sample of Vietnam telecom-
munications enterprises employees is mainly male (accounting for 61.4%); most of them are in the age
group from 31 to 45 (accounting for 48.2%), then to the age group from 20 to 30 (accounting for 34.1%);
educational qualification of the surveyed employees has mainly graduated bachelor (accounting for
64.1%); the number of employees with 6 to 10 years of working experience accounts for nearly half of
the total number of observations, namely 46.2%; followed by 1 to 5 years, accounting for 20.7%. In
addition, observations are still more distribution in the North than in the South and in the Central, with
44.9%; 33.1%; 22.0% respectively.
Measures
The scales are drawn from the research overview, with adjustments based on the results of in-depth in-
terviews. Each scale is measured by a number of observations used by scholars in their research. The
observed variables and scales are used from foreign studies, translated from English into Vietnamese and
135
191
70
<30
31--45
>45
57
254
85
Intermediate
Bachelor
Master or doctor
178
87
131 Hanoi (North)
Da Nang (Central)
Ho Chi Minh (South)
33
82
183
61
37
<1
1--5
6--10
11--15
>15
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then translated back from Vietnamese into English. After completing the translation of the scale sets, the
authors have consulted the opinions of some experts and employees of telecommunications enterprises
(who directly answer) to ensure compliance; at the same time, the observed variables and scales are
translated accurately. Knowledge sharing is described by two processes of knowledge donation (4 obser-
vations), the process of knowledge collection (4 observations). Each scale is described by 4 proven and
verified observations by De Vries et al. (2006); Tohidinia and Mosakhani (2010). Variables are measured
by Likert scale from 1 (totally disagree) to 5 (totally agree). Innovative work behavior is described by 4
observations which are entirely inherited from studies by Scott and Bruce (1994); Janssen (2000); Bysted
(2013). Variables are measured by Likert scale from 1 (totally disagree) to 5 (totally agree).
4. Research results
Verify Cronbach’s Alpha reliability
The reliability of the scale is assessed through the Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient. Using Cronbach's Alpha
reliability coefficient method before analyzing the exploratory factor (EFA) to eliminate unsuitable ob-
served variables due to these observed variables (garbage variable) can create false elements (Nguyễn &
Nguyễn, 2009). According to Hoàng and Chu (2008), Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient from 0.8 to nearly 1
is good measurement scale; 0.7 to 0.8 is usable; 0.6 or more can also be used in case the measurement
concept is new or new to the respondents in the new research context. In addition, when evaluating scales,
the correlation coefficient (corrected item-total correlation) must be 0.3 or higher to ensure the require-
ment (Hair et al., 2010).
Table 1
Cronbach’s Alpha test results of knowledge donation process
Cronbach’s Alpha = 0.790
Scale Mean if Item
Deleted
Scale Variance if
Item Deleted
Corrected Item-Total
Correlation
Cronbach's Alpha if
Item Deleted
Do1 10.88 3.625 0.678 0.710
Do2 10.86 3.115 0.578 0.760
Do3 10.93 3.399 0.557 0.762
Do4 10.82 3.642 0.631 0.728
Cronbach’s Alpha coefficients calculated for the 4 observations of the knowledge donation process scale
are 0.790> 0.7 (Table 2). Thus, it can be said that the scale is suitable to measure the process of knowledge
donation, the correlation coefficient of variables - the total for each observed variable is greater than 0.4
and Cronbach's Alpha coefficient if removed each the observed variable is smaller than 0.790 so all
observed variables can be retained to measure the scale of knowledge donation process.
Table 2
Cronbach’s Alpha test results of knowledge collection process
Cronbach’s Alpha = 0.809
Scale Mean if Item
Deleted
Scale Variance if
Item Deleted
Corrected Item-Total
Correlation
Cronbach's Alpha if
Item Deleted
Co1 9.45 5.652 0.527 0.805
Co2 9.45 4.731 0.774 0.688
Co3 9.23 5.073 0.670 0.740
Co4 9.38 5.193 0.551 0.800
With the scale of knowledge collection process, when running SPSS, Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient is
0.809 greater than 0.7 (Table 2). Thus, it can be said that the scale is suitable for measurement. The
correlation coefficients of variables - total for each observed variable are greater than 0.4, so the observed
variables can be retained to measure the factor of collection process. The value of Cronbach’s Alpha if
removed each the observed variable is smaller than Cronbach’s Alpha of the scale is 0.809. Therefore,
the scale of factor of knowledge collection process will include the above 4 variables.
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Table 3
Cronbach’s Alpha test results of innovative work behavior
Cronbach’s Alpha = 0.808
Scale Mean if Item
Deleted
Scale Variance if
Item Deleted
Corrected Item-Total
Correlation
Cronbach's Alpha if
Item Deleted
In1 11.50 2.979 0.599 0.772
In2 11.59 2.813 0.608 0.769
In3 11.57 2.843 0.671 0.738
In4 11.42 2.920 0.623 0.761
Cronbach’s Alpha coefficients calculated for the 4 observations of the innovative work behavior scale are
0.808 which is greater than 0.7 (Table 3). Thus, it can be said that the scale is suitable to measure innovative
work behavior, the correlation coefficient of variables - the total for each observed variable is greater than 0.4
and the Cronbach's Alpha coefficient if eliminating each observed variable is less than 0.808 so all observed
variables can be retained to measure the scale of innovative work behavior.
Exploratory factor analysis
The Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) method helps the researchers evaluate two important values of the
scale: convergence value and discriminant value. The EFA factor analysis method is interdependence tech-
niques, which means that there are no independent variables and variables that rely on correlation between
variables. EFA is used to abbreviate a set of k observation variables into a set F (F <k) of more meaningful
factors. The basis of this reduction is based on the linear relationship of the elements to the original variables
(observed variables). Thus, an EFA was deemed significant as the appropriate analytical step to examine the
factor structure of the scale. To confirm that this study data set is correct for factor analysis, the authors
assessed whether the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) measure of sampling adequacy value was 0.6 or above
and determined that the Barlett’s test of sphericity value was significant (i.e.: 0.5 or less). All indicators
here were guaranteed.
Table 4
KMO and Bartlett’s Test
KMO and Bartlett's Test
Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin Measure of Sampling Adequacy. .752
Bartlett's Test of Sphericity Approx. Chi-Square 2080.707
df 66
Sig. .000
To define how many factors to retain, a number of issues were considered. Using Kaiser’s criterion,
factors with an eigenvalue greater than one are suitable. All three components recorded eigenvalues
above 1. These three components explain 73.083 percent of variance. This information is in Table 5.
Table 5
Total variance explained
Component
Extraction Sums of Squared Loadings Rotation Sums of Squared Loadings
Total % of Variance Cumulative (%) Total % of Variance Cumulative (%)
1 3.702 30.850 30.850 3.608 30.068 30.068
2 3.338 27.815 58.665 2.582 21.518 51.585
3 1.730 14.418 73.083 2.580 21.498 73.083
4 .737 6.144 79.227
5 .657 5.474 84.701
6 .510 4.246 88.947
7 .413 3.438 92.385
8 .287 2.390 94.775
9 .281 2.345 97.120
10 .233 1.939 99.059
11 .088 .734 99.793
12 .025 .207 100.000
The results of EFA analysis are shown in Table 6. As a result, the 12 observed variables were grouped
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into 3 scales: knowledge donation, knowledge collection and innovative work behavior.
Table 6
Rotated Component Matrix
Component
1 2 3
do4 .956
do1 .955
do3 .954
do2 .917
in3 .796
in2 .792
in1 .785
in4 .764
co2 .884
co3 .797
co1 .752
co4 .708
Correlation analysis
After conducting EFA analysis, the next step is to conduct correlation analysis. Pearson correlation co-
efficient measures the degree of linear correlation between two variables. In principle, the Pearson cor-
relation will find a straight line that best fits the linear relationship of the two variables.
Table 7
Results of correlation analysis
Knowledge donation Knowledge collection Innovative work behavior
Knowledge donation Pearson Correlation 1 .427** .300**
Sig. (2-tailed) .000 .000
N 396 396 396
Knowledge collection Pearson Correlation .427** 1 .295**
Sig. (2-tailed) .000 .000
N 396 396 396
Innovative work behavior Pearson Correlation .300** .295** 1
Sig. (2-tailed) .000 .000
N 396 396 396
**. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).
All sig. <0.05 show that the correlation coefficient r is statistically significant. This proves that the scale in
the study is correlated with each other and is positively correlated (r> 0), ensuring the conditions for conduct-
ing linear regression analysis in the next step.
Linear regression analysis
Initial research hypotheses should also use regression analysis to test. Regression analysis will determine
the role of knowledge donation and collection in influencing innovative work behavior. In addition, to
evaluate the appropriateness of the model, the authors used the coefficient of determination R2 (R-
square). When examining the correlation phenomenon, the study uses Durbin-Watson coefficient with
condition that Durbin-Watson <3. The standardized Beta coefficient is used to evaluate the importance
of each component, the higher the standardized beta coefficient of a component, the greater the impact
of that scale on the innovative work behavior.
Table 8
Test significance of the regression model
Model R R Square Adjusted R Square Std. Error of the Estimate Durbin-Watson
1 .352a .124 .120 .96015 1.684
a. Predictors: (Constant), Knowledge donation, Knowledge collection
b. Dependent Variable: Innovative work behavior
The R square value in the model summary depicts the degree to which the independent variables explain
the variation in innovative work behavior. From Table 8, it can be observed that the R square value is
0.124, which indicates that knowledge donation and knowledge collection accounts 12.4 per cent of in-
novative work behavior among employees of Vietnam telecommunication enterprises.
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Table 9
Regression results for the impact of knowledge donation, knowledge collection on innovative work behavior
Model
Unstandardized Coefficients Standardized Coefficients
t Sig. B Std. Error Beta
1 (Constant) 1.893 .210 8.994 .000
Knowledge donation .258 .066 .204 3.897 .000
Knowledge collection .288 .071 .213 4.085 .000
a. Dependent Variable: Innovative work behavior
The estimated model indicates the extent to which each of knowledge donation and collection influences
innovative work behavior. From Table 9 we can observe that both the knowledge donation and knowledge
collection had positive impacts on innovative work behavior (β = 0.204 and β = 0.213, sig = .000). All hy-
potheses are accepted.
5. Discussion and implication
The impact of knowledge sharing on innovative work behavior is explored in many studies. Some studies
acknowledge that this relationship can be mentioned as research by Radaelli et al. (2014), Akhavan et al.
(2015), Jaberi (2016), Phung et al. (2017), Akram et al. (2018). In research at telecommunications enter-
prises, the authors also concluded that knowledge sharing with two central processes is knowledge do-
nation and collection related to innovative work behavior. From the results of formal quantitative re-
search, we see that the impact of knowledge sharing on innovation behavior is meaningful. Compared
with the process of knowledge donation, the process of knowledge collection has a stronger impact on
innovative work behavior (β = 0.213 and 0.204 respectively). This result is explained based on the results
of the interview with telecommunications enterprise employees. When interviewing, the authors found
that employees who actively communicate and acquire knowledge are often quite proactive in interacting
with colleagues to create new ideas to apply to work. An employee with 6 - 10 years of experience
answered: “I often have a habit of talking to colleagues and willing to tell colleagues what I know. I think
that will give us the opportunity to discuss and find new ways to work more effectively”. A head of board
with more than 15 years of experience answered: “I see employees who actively communicate and share
their knowledge with colleagues often actively engage with colleagues, establish innovation groups in
the enterprise. Many initiatives come from these groups; therefore, I think should encourage such groups
because a person is not easy to find new solutions that are useful for the enterprise”
An employee with 1 - 5 years of experience answered: “I have not been in this company for a long time
yet, so when I was assigned by the boss, the first thing I thought about was to consult with an experienced
colleague. I am not afraid to argue with my colleagues to find new data processing methods, how to
manage new files or the idea of upgrading the intranet system”.
A head of board with 6 - 10 years of experience answered: “I always encourage employees to learn from
colleagues and myself. In the management position, when the employee proposed the idea, I was willing
to give ideas so that the idea could be quickly deployed and effectively applied to the practical work”.
The results of qualitative and quantitative research show that knowledge sharing consists of two central
processes of donating and collecting knowledge that are related to innovative working behaviors. There-
fore, the managers need to make proposals to enhance knowledge sharing so that the impact on the inno-
vative work behavior is made. The results of interviews with telecommunications enterprise employee
show that some answers directly addressed innovative work behavior. An employee with 6 - 10 years of
experience answered: “If there is no measure, employees like me always want to do it the old way, do not
want to change or improve at work. In the enterprise I am doing, it is difficult to give my opinion to
senior leaders, so I think there must be appropriate measures to change our way of thinking and how we
have been doing for years”
A head of board with more than 15 years of experience answered: “I often use brainstorming methods
for employees to think and give ideas and suggestions at work. The important thing is how to apply the
ideas and suggestions of the employees, who will be the ones who do it because if not applied, all ideas
and suggestions will only be on paper forever”.
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Therefore, the authors proposed some suggestions for telecommunications enterprise managers to influ-
ence the employee’s behavioral innovation:
Firstly, applying Kaizen method in management. Managers should encourage employees to come up
with new ideas and suggestions through suggestion boxes, software systems, social networks, etc. After
that, evaluating each new idea and proposal effectively to choose new ideas and feasible proposals for
applying to work practices. Kaizen method will apply successfully only when both Vietnamese telecom-
munications enterprise managers and employees have innovative and modern thinking, not accepting the
traditional methods.
Secondly, organizing seminars periodically with the participation of managers and employees in each
department. At the seminar, each employee must comment on his/her current work and discuss plans,
development strategies, work processes, new products/services. After the seminar, feasible ideas will be
assigned to the proponent and some colleagues to implement.
Thirdly, taking the time and resources to test and implement new ideas. The work of Vietnamese
telecommunications enterprise employees mostly has to run according to the set plan and schedule, so
in many cases they are forced to use traditional methods to deploy. New ideas when applied are not
always successful right from the first time so we need to plan, assign tasks and spend time for testing.
Acknowledgement
This research is funded by National Economics University, Hanoi, Vietnam
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