Högskolan i Skövde

Purpose – Considering the increasing interest devoted to knowledge hiding in the workplace and academicresearch, the aim of this study is to analyze the existing literature on knowledge hiding to understand andtrace how it has evolved over time and to uncover emerging areas for future research.

Design/methodology/approach – The study used performance analysis and science mapping toanalyze a sample of 243 studies published between 2005 and 2022. The study focused on analyzing thescientific productivity of articles, themes and authors.

Findings – The results of performance and science mapping analysis indicate that the concept ofknowledge hiding behavior evolved recently and a majority of the studies have been conducted in the pastdecade. The study found that knowledge hiding is still in its infancy and has been studied in relation to otherthemes such as knowledge sharing, knowledge management, knowledge withholding and knowledgetransfer. The study identified emerging themes, productive authors and countries, affiliations, collaborationnetwork of authors, countries and institutions and co-occurrence of keywords.

Originality/value – Compared to the recent developments in the knowledge hiding behavior, the presentstudy is more comprehensive in terms of the methods and databases used. The results of the study contributeto the existing literature on knowledge hiding and knowledge withholding.