Tacit knowledge in everyday intelligent behavior.

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Two experiments were conducted to examine the scope and structure of tacit knowledge. In Experiment 1, three groups, whose members differed in level of professional advancement in the field of academic psychology, were presented with simulated work-related situations designed to measure their tacit knowledge. Between-group differences in tacit knowledge were found as a function of level of professional advancement, and strong within-group relations were found between tacit knowledge and external criteria such as rate of citation. The scope of tacit knowledge was found to include (a) knowledge useful in managing oneself, others, and one's tasks, (b) knowledge applicable to both short-term and long-term contexts, and (c) knowledge of ideal quality as well as practical reality. The results of testing four classes of alternative models of the structure of tacit knowledge supported a model characterized by a general factor, similar in form to Spearman's g for academic tasks. Experiment 2 replicated and extended these results to the domain of business management. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

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