Effect of contextual factors on knowledge sharing behavior
Keywords:
Clan organizational culture, informal knowledge governance mechanism, knowledge sharing behavior, knowledge sharing opportunity, social exchange theory
Abstract
This paper aims to examine and test the moderating effects of informal knowledge governance mechanisms and knowledge sharing opportunity on the relationship between clan organizational culture and knowledge sharing behavior thematically organized around social exchange theory. This study uses survey design based on stratified random sampling to measure the constructs. Data was collected from 279 university teachers. Preacher and Hayes process macro is used to test the hypotheses based on regression analysis. Authors find support for the direct relationship between clan organizational culture and knowledge sharing behavior. The direct relationship is moderated by informal knowledge governance mechanisms and knowledge sharing opportunity. Data support the hypotheses but the contributions of the study should be acknowledged while allowing the limitations to be realized that lead to future directions. This study suggests that practitioners and managers should re-consider the role of informal knowledge governance mechanisms and knowledge sharing opportunities as vital contextual factors for creating synergy to upsurge knowledge sharing behavior. This paper concludes that presence of knowledge sharing opportunities and adaption of informal knowledge governance mechanisms have a strong contingent effect on the positive relationship between clan organizational culture and knowledge sharing behavior at workplace.
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Amayah, A.T. (2013). Determinants of knowledge sharing in a public sector organization. Journal of Knowledge Management, 17 ( 3), 454 – 471.
Appelbaum, E., Bailey, T., Berg, P., & Kalleberg, A. (2001). Manufacturing advantage: Why high-performance work systems pay off. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Aquilani, B., Abbate, T., & Codini, A. (2017). Overcoming cultural barriers in open innovation processes through intermediaries: a theoretical framework. Knowledge Management Research and Practice, 15(3), 447-459.
Bjo¨rkman, I., Barner-Rasmussen, W., & Li, L. (2004). Managing knowledge transfer in MNCs:the impact of headquarters control mechanisms. Journal of International Business Studies, 35(5), 443-455.
Bock, G.W., Zmud, R., Kim, Y.G. and Lee, J.N. (2005). Behavioral intention formation in knowledge sharing: Examining the roles of extrinsic motivators, social-psychological forces, and organizational climate. MIS Quarterly, 29(1), 87-111.
Cabrera, F.E., & Cabrera, A. (2005). Fostering knowledge sharing through people management practices. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 16(5), 720-735.
Cameron, K., & Quinn, R. (1999). Diagnosing and changing organizational culture. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall Series in Organizational Development.
Cavaliere, V., Lombardi, S., & Giustiniano, L. (2015). Knowledge sharing in knowledge-intensive manufacturing firms. An empirical study of its enablers. Journal of Knowledge Management, 19(6), 1124-1145.
Chang, W.J., Liao, S.H., & Wu, T.T. (2017). Relationships among organizational culture, knowledge sharing and innovation capability: A case of the automobile industry in Taiwan Knowledge Management Research & Practice, 15(3), 471-490.
de Almeida, F. C., Lesca, H., & Canton, A.W.P. (2016). Intrinsic motivation for knowledge sharing – competitive intelligence process in a telecom company, Journal of Knowledge Management, 20(6), 1282-1301.
Durmusoglu, S., Jacobs, M., Nayir, D.Z., Khilji, S., & Wang, X. (2014). The quasi-moderating role of organizational culture in the relationship between rewards and knowledge shared and gained. Journal of Knowledge Management, 18(1), 19-37.
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Haq, M.A., & Anwar, S. (2016). A systematic review of knowledge management and knowledge sharing: Trends, issues, and challenges. Cogent Business & Management, 3(1), 12-25.
Hair, J. F., Anderson, R. E., Tatham, R. L., & Black, W. C. (2010). (7th ed.). Multivariate Data Analysis. Pearson Education, Inc.
Henttonen, K., Kianto, A., & Ritala, P. (2016). Knowledge sharing and individual work performance: an empirical study of a public sector organization. Journal of Knowledge Management, 20(4), 749-768.
Heisig, P., Suraj, O.A., Kianto, A., Kemboi, C., Arrau, G.P., & Easa, N.F. (2016). Knowledge management and business performance: global experts' views on future research needs. Journal of Knowledge Management. 20(6), 1169-1198.
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Hur, W.M., Moon, T.W., & Ko, S.H. (2016). How Employees’ Perceptions of CSR Increase Employee Creativity: Mediating Mechanisms of Compassion at Work Intrinsic Motivation. Journal of Business Ethics, DOI 10.1007/ s10551-016-3321-5.
Intezari, A., Taskin, N., & Pauleen, D. (2017). Looking beyond knowledge sharing: an integrative approach to knowledge management culture. Journal of Knowledge Management. 21(2), 492-515.
Ipe, M. (2003). Knowledge sharing in organizations: a conceptual framework. Human Resource Development Review, 2(4), 337-359.
Khilji, S.E. (2003). To adapt or not to adapt: Exploring the role of national culture in human resource management. International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, 3(1), 109-132.
Matic´, D., Cabrilo, S., Nes ˇic´, L.G., & Milic, M. (2017). Investigating the impact of organizational climate, motivational drivers, and empowering leadership on knowledge sharing. Knowledge Management Research & Practice, 15(3), 431–446.
Oliveira, A. F., & Tamayo, A. (2004). Inventário de perfis de valores organizacionais. Revista de Administração, 39(2), 129-140.
Paro P.E.P., & Gerolamo, M.C. (2017). Organizational culture for lean programs. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 30(4), 584-598.
Pee, L.G., & Min, J. (2017). Employees’ online knowledge sharing: the effects of person-environment fit. Journal of Knowledge Management, 21(2), 432-453.
Podsakoff, P. M., MacKenzie, S. B., & Podsakoff, N. P. (2012). Sources of method bias in social science research and recommendations on how to control it. Annual Review of Psychology, 63, 539–569.
Preacher, K. J., & Hayes, A. F. (2008). Asymptotic and resampling strategies for assessing and comparing indirect effects in multiple mediator models. Behavior research methods, 40(3), 879-891.
Rathi, D., & Given, L.M. (2017). Non-profit organizations’ use of tools and technologies for knowledge management: a comparative study. Journal of Knowledge Management, 21(4), 718-740.
Segarra-Cipre ´s, M., Roca-Puig, V., & Bou-Llusar, J.C. (2014). External knowledge acquisition and innovation output: An analysis of the moderating effect of internal knowledge transfer. Knowledge Management Research & Practice, 12(2), 203-214.
Serenko, A., & Bontis, N. (2016). Negotiate, reciprocate or cooperate? The impact of exchange modes on inter-employee knowledge sharing. Journal of Knowledge Management, 20(4), 687-712.
Siemsen, E., Roth, A. V., & Balasubramanian, S. (2008). How motivation, opportunity, and ability drive knowledge sharing: The constraining-factor model. Journal of Operations Management, 26(3), 426-445.
Suppiah, V., & Sandhu, M. S. (2011). Organisational culture’s influence on tacit knowledge-sharing behavior. Journal Of Knowledge Management, 15(3), 462-477.
Tsai, Y.H., Joe, S.W., Lin, C.P., & Wu, P.H. (2017). Modeling knowledge sharing among high-tech professionals in culturally diverse firms: mediating mechanisms of social capital. Knowledge Management Research and Practice, 15(2), 225-237.
Turner, T., & Pennington III, W.W., (2015). Organizational networks and the process of corporate entrepreneurship: how the motivation, opportunity, and ability to act affect firm knowledge, learning, and innovation. Small Business Economics, 45, 447–463.
Wu, W.L., & Lee, Y.C. (2017). Empowering group leaders encourages knowledge sharing: Integrating the social exchange theory and positive organizational behavior perspective. Journal of Knowledge Management, 21(2), 474-491.
Zhao, L., Fan, S., & Wang, R. (2017). The Governance Mechanism of Knowledge Sharing Hostility within E-business Enterprise. Web of Conferences. doi: 10.1051/ 710005006 (accessed 23 November 2017).
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2018-10-30
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Gul Abbasi, S., & Dastgeer, G. (2018). Effect of contextual factors on knowledge sharing behavior. Amazonia Investiga, 7(16), 209-225. Retrieved from https://amazoniainvestiga.info/index.php/amazonia/article/view/396
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