“The role of multilevel synergistic interplay among team mastery climate, knowledge hiding, and job characteristics in stimulating innovative work behavior”
“Synergy is better than my way or your way. It’s our way.”
1. SHARED VISION, VALUES & GOALS
2. GOOD LEADERSHIP & FOLLOWERSHIP
3. TRUST, RESPECT & COMPASSION
4. POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT
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Synergy Definition- mutually advantageous coming together of distinct business participants or elements (such as resources or efforts)
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The goal is to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of individuals own separate effects.
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“Employees who share knowledge engage more in creating, promoting, and implementing job-level innovations”
“Keeping the door open to everyone at all times, being fair and impartial, leading by example and having regular meetings in order to build group loyalty”
"A lack of synergy can show that the most talented individual will not deliver results due to a culture of discord, turnover, poor results and increasing disharmony”
“These (ways of creating synergy) include promoting teamwork, providing resources to encourage strong communication and allowing for the open discussion of ideas between the members of the team (Pennsylvania State University, 2018).”