TRSM Research Seminar by Dr. Kristyn Scott

Title: It’s mine but you took it: Understanding victims and perpetrators of knowledge theft

Description: Knowledge theft—the deliberate claiming of credit for others’ ideas or work—poses a hidden but powerful threat to organizational knowledge management efforts. This phenomenon, while well-recognized by many at work, is relatively understudied in the management literature. In this talk, I present the results of three papers that establish the construct of knowledge theft, demonstrate how organizations can mitigate the toxic emotional effects of theft on victims, and explore some of the trait and situational factors that predict who will steal knowledge.  

Bio: Dr. Kristyn A. Scott is an Associate Professor of Human Resource Management and Organizational Behaviour at the Ted Rogers School of Management at Toronto Metropolitan University. Her research focuses on leadership with a specific emphasis on cognitive and emotional reactions to leaders. She has published in leading journals including Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes and Human Resource Management.