"Why should I share what I know?"-Antecedents for enhancing knowledge-sharing behavior and its impact on shared mental models in steel production

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Gross ◽  
Annette Kluge
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Mental Models ◽  
Steel Production ◽  
Shared Mental Models ◽  
Knowledge Sharing Behavior ◽  
Sharing Behavior

A learning organization perspective on knowledge-sharing behavior and firm innovation

2006 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 227-236
Author(s):  
Li-Fen Liao
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Learning Organization ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Shared Vision ◽  
Firm Innovation ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Knowledge Sharing Behavior ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Sharing Behavior

Sharing knowledge and firm innovation are the crucial ways to sustain competitive advantage. This study builds a nested model to test the relationship between learning organization, knowledge-sharing behavior, and firm innovation. Data gathered from 254 employees were used to examine the relationship of the learning organization to employees' knowledge-sharing behavior and firm innovation. The results indicate that open-mindedness, shared vision and trust have positive effects on both knowledge-sharing behavior and firm innovation. While commitment to learning does not shows significant relationship on knowledge-sharing behavior and firm innovation. Communication has significance on firm innovation but not significance on knowledge-sharing behavior.

scholarly journals Sustainable Human Resource Management: How to Create a Knowledge Sharing Behavior through Organizational Justice, Organizational Support, Satisfaction and Commitment

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (19) ◽  
pp. 5419 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natàlia Cugueró-Escofet ◽  
Pilar Ficapal-Cusí ◽  
Joan Torrent-Sellens
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Organizational Justice ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Organizational Support ◽  
Perceived Organizational Support ◽  
Comprehensive Model ◽  
Affective Organizational Commitment ◽  
Knowledge Sharing Behavior ◽  
Sharing Behavior

Knowledge sharing (KS) behavior is one of the main drivers to generate social sustainability. It predicts high organizational performance and innovation capabilities, and creates enjoyment and happiness in helping others. Even if incentives to enhance KS behaviors exist, employees would still be reluctant to share knowledge. For this reason, we test a comprehensive model of sustainable human resource management with the inclusion of KS to explain how to enhance collaborative practices in terms of voluntary knowledge sharing. In a comprehensive model, we incorporate organizational justice, employee perceived organizational support, job satisfaction and affective organizational commitment, and how they relate in order to generate knowledge sharing behavior. Using a sample of 1350 employees working for multinational firms operating in Spain, the present research obtains two main results. First, organizational justice, employee perceived organizational support and affective organizational commitment are positively related with KS. Second, employee perceived organizational support, job satisfaction and affective organizational commitment play a mediating role between organizational justice and KS, which reinforces the positive relationship between both constructs. Consequently, employees would be more willing to cooperate and share in fair organizational contexts, especially when they are satisfied and affectively committed, and when their contributions are valued and recognized. Finally, we discuss human resource management’s (HRM) practical interventions and recommendations for future research on sustainable organizations.

Impact of organizational culture and computer self-efficacy on knowledge sharing

2015 ◽  
Vol 115 (4) ◽  
pp. 590-611 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhen Shao ◽  
Tienan Wang ◽  
Yuqiang Feng
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Enterprise Systems ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Knowledge Sharing Behavior ◽  
Tacit Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Sharing Behavior ◽  
Computer Self Efficacy

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact mechanism of organizational culture (OC) on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) user’s explicit and tacit knowledge-sharing behavior in the context of enterprise systems usage. Design/methodology/approach – Drawing from social cognitive theory, the authors developed a comprehensive model that integrates OC, computer self-efficacy and employees’ knowledge-sharing behaviors. In total, 343 valid questionnaires were collected from ERP users of 115 firms and structural equation modeling technique was used to test the model. Findings – Empirical results suggest that hierarchical culture that focusses on efficacy and uniformity is positively related with employees’ explicit knowledge sharing; group culture that focusses on trust and belonging is positively related with employees’ tacit knowledge sharing, and their relationship is fully mediated by employees’ computer self-efficacy. In addition, computer self-efficacy also partially mediates the relationship between rational culture and employees’ knowledge sharing. Practical implications – This study provides guidelines for top managers to enhance employees’ computer self-efficacy and facilitate employees’ knowledge-sharing behavior by developing appropriate type of OC. Originality/value – This study unpacks the mediating mechanism between OC and knowledge sharing, and contributes to the academic research of knowledge management in the context of enterprise systems assimilation.

The study of the antecedents of knowledge sharing behavior

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 845-868 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dah-Kwei Liou ◽  
Wen-Hai Chih ◽  
Chien-Yun Yuan ◽  
Chien-Yao Lin
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Learning Community ◽  
Community Participation ◽  
Reciprocal Relationship ◽  
Online Learning Community ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Online Test ◽  
Knowledge Sharing Behavior ◽  
Sharing Behavior ◽  
Norm Of Reciprocity

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how the factors from environmental level and personal level influence the knowledge sharing behavior and community participation. Design/methodology/approach – This research study, which consisted of 394 valid respondents who were members of the Yambol online test community, used online survey to collect data. This research used the structural equation modeling to analyze the data with good model fit. Findings – The results of this research showed the following: the anticipated reciprocal relationship, norm of reciprocity, and anticipated extrinsic rewards had a significant and positive effect on knowledge sharing behavior, respectively; knowledge sharing behavior had a significant and positive effect on community participation; knowledge sharing self-efficacy was the mediator between anticipated extrinsic rewards and knowledge sharing behavior; and community identification moderated the relationship between knowledge sharing behavior and community participation. Research limitations/implications – This study was a cross-sectional study. Future research can employ a longitudinal study to conduct long-term observations of knowledge sharing behavioral changes among members of the Yambol online test community. Moreover, this study applied social cognitive theory as the basis to explore the antecedents of knowledge sharing behavior of members of the Yambol online test community. Future research can apply a broad range of behavioral theory or combinations of research variables to explore comprehensive factors of knowledge sharing behavior. Practical implications – From a managerial standpoint, this study can assist professional online learning community in understanding the antecedents of knowledge sharing behavior and community participation from personal and environmental level. Social implications – Yambol online test community managers can enhance reciprocity relationship between members in the emotional level. In addition, Yambol online test community managers can use the appropriate norm of reciprocity to strengthen the trust of community members and enhance the knowledge sharing behavior of community members in the rational level. Originality/value – First, most scholars viewed knowledge sharing from perspectives of corporate, organizational, or a typical internet community, but rarely applied a perspective from a professional online learning community to conduct research. Therefore, this research focussed on professional online learning community as the research subject. Second, the literature review revealed that reciprocity divided into anticipated reciprocal relationship and norm of reciprocity. Previous studies have used anticipated reciprocal relationship or norm of reciprocity as research aspects for examining reciprocity; however, no other study has evaluated both concurrently. Third, studies on the behavioral dimension have included knowledge sharing behavior and community participation. This study examined the influence of knowledge sharing behavior on community participation. Additionally, community identification was the moderator of the effect of knowledge sharing behavior on community participation.

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