The role of coordination failure in the movement of future knowledge workers away from the periphery

Despite heavy investments in knowledge management systems, people are often reluctant to share their knowledge, with knowledge hoarding being one of the largest obstacles to effective knowledge management in organizations. This paper proposes a model that examines the role of intrinsic motivation in knowledge sharing. Bringing together insights from motivational research, Self-Determination Theory and the Theory of Reasoned Action, the study investigates the links between intrinsic motivators and knowledge sharing. Survey data collected from knowledge workers are analyzed using partial least squares. The results show self-efficacy, meaningfulness and impact are important motivators of attitude towards knowledge sharing, which in turn impacts intention to share knowledge. The findings provide insights into employee motivations to share knowledge, and strategies for enhancing knowledge sharing in organizations.

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Integrating knowledge workers and the organization: the role of IT

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance ◽

10.1108/09526860110404185 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 14 (6) ◽

pp. 245-253 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Nilmini Wickramasinghe ◽

Michael J. Ginzberg

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Workers ◽

Role Of It

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The Role of Technology-enhanced Learning in the Development of Global Knowledge Workers

Global Knowledge Work ◽

10.4337/9780857936356.00021 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Lisa Harris ◽

Paul Harrigan ◽

Jean Leah

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Workers ◽

Technology Enhanced Learning ◽

Global Knowledge ◽

Enhanced Learning

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How Employability Attributes Mediate the Link Between Knowledge Workers’ Career Adaptation Concerns and Their Self-Perceived Employability

Psychological Reports ◽

10.1177/0033294119844981 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 123 (4) ◽

pp. 1005-1026 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Melinde Coetzee ◽

Louise Engelbrecht

Keyword(s):

Structural Equation ◽

Knowledge Workers ◽

Primary Data ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Sense Of Competence ◽

Employment Conditions ◽

Perceived Employability

The study examines employability attributes as psychological mechanisms that explain the link between the career adaptation concerns and self-perceived employability of a sample of professionally qualified knowledge workers (N = 404). A cross-sectional survey was used to collect primary data. Results of a mediation analysis by means of structural equation modeling show that proactivity, career resilience, and career self-management attributes are significant intrinsic motivational mechanisms in explaining the link between high career adaptation concerns and high self-perceived employability. The study makes an important contribution to the employability literature by illustrating by means of self-determination theory the role of employability attributes as psychological processes that restore individuals’ sense of autonomous functioning as expressed by their self-perceived employability. The findings advance human resource management’s understanding of the role of employability attributes as mechanisms of fulfilling knowledge workers’ need for competence and autonomy in the career adaptation concerns—perceived employability link. Practice implications include supportive career development practices that strengthen knowledge workers’ sense of competence and autonomy when confronted with changes in job and employment conditions that affect their perceived employability.

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