Deviant Workplace Behavior and Knowledge Sharing: The Relationship and Mediating Effect of Work Alienation

Transformational leadership greatly influences the management innovation and market performance of consumer good companies enterprises. According to the survey data about 244 employees of consumer goods companies, an empirical study was conducted on the relationship between transformational leadership, management innovation, knowledge sharing, market performance of consumer good companies enterprises, and analysis was made on the mediating effect of management innovation and knowledge sharing. The results showed that knowledge sharing has no significant effect on the market performance of consumer goods companies. Management innovation has not a significant effect on the market performance of consumer goods companies. Transformational leadership has no significant effect on the knowledge sharing of consumer goods companies. Transformational leadership has a significant effect on management innovation of consumer goods. Transformational leadership has no significant positive effect on the market performance of consumer goods companies.

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The relationship between learning culture, inquiry and dialogue, knowledge sharing structure and affective commitment to change

Journal of Organizational Change Management ◽

10.1108/jocm-09-2016-0176 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 30 (4) ◽

pp. 610-631 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Parul Malik ◽

Pooja Garg

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Sharing ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Affective Commitment ◽

Learning Culture ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Commitment To Change ◽

Content Type ◽

Mediating Role ◽

The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the relationship between learning culture, inquiry and dialogue, knowledge sharing structure and affective commitment to change. Also, the paper examines the mediating effect of employee resilience on the relationship between learning culture, inquiry and dialogue, knowledge sharing structure and affective commitment to change. Design/methodology/approach The sample comprised of responses from 510 employees’ working in information technology companies based in India. Confirmatory factor analysis was employed to analyse the proposed measurement model and structural equation modelling was used to test the study hypotheses. Additionally, the study utilized mediation analyses proposed by Preacher and Hayes (2004) to investigate the mediating role of employee resilience. Findings The results show significant relationship between the study variables. Employee resilience was found to partially mediate the relationship between learning culture, inquiry and dialogue, knowledge sharing structure and affective commitment to change. Practical implications Examining the relationship between learning culture, inquiry and dialogue, knowledge sharing structure and employee resilience can have significant implications for organizations. The proposed study framework can be utilized by the researchers and human resource practitioners to frame organizational practices and interventions to develop a pool of resilient and change committed workforce. Originality/value First, the general understanding of the relationship between learning culture, inquiry and dialogue, knowledge sharing structure and affective commitment to change is scant in literature. Second, the study extends the previous research by investigating the mediating role of employee resilience between learning culture, inquiry and dialogue, knowledge sharing structure and affective commitment to change.

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The mediating effect of knowledge sharing on the relationship between trust and virtual team effectiveness

Journal of Knowledge Management ◽

10.1108/jkm-09-2013-0341 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

pp. 92-106 ◽

Cited By ~ 51

Author(s):

Faizuniah Pangil ◽

Joon Moi Chan

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Sharing ◽

Virtual Teams ◽

Team Effectiveness ◽

Virtual Team ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Content Type ◽

Different Types ◽

The Relationship

Purpose – The limited proximal communication between virtual team members can create a lack of trust among members which can significantly reduce the effectiveness of these teams. Hence, this study was conducted to examine the relationship between trust and virtual team effectiveness by looking into the mediating effect of knowledge sharing. Design/methodology/approach – This is a cross-sectional study conducted in a multinational company in Malaysia. Questionnaires were distributed to individuals working in a virtual environment. The questionnaire required the respondents to answer questions regarding three different types of trust (i.e. personality-based trust, institutional-based trust and cognitive-based trust), their knowledge sharing behavior, and their evaluation of the effectiveness of the virtual teams that they are involved with. Findings – Results of hierarchical regression analysis indicated that knowledge sharing and all the three types of trust are significantly related to virtual team effectiveness. However, only personality-based trust and institutional-based trust are significantly related to knowledge sharing, but knowledge sharing only partially mediates the relationship between these two types of trust and team effectiveness. Research limitations/implications – The population of this study are virtual teams working for an organization, hence the generalizability of the findings to other settings is unknown. Originality/value – Trust has been founded to be a significant predictor of virtual team effectiveness. However, this paper shows the effect of different types of trust and the role of knowledge sharing in mediating the relationship between trust and virtual team effectiveness.

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THE MEDIATING EFFECT OF PROACTIVE KNOWLEDGE SHARING AMONG TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP, COHESION, AND LEARNING GOAL ORIENTATION ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE

Verslas teorija ir praktika ◽

10.3846/btp.2021.13365 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 22 (2) ◽

pp. 470-481

Author(s):

Layaman Layaman ◽

Pahlawansjah Harahap ◽

Indi Djastuti ◽

Aan Jaelani ◽

Diana Djuwita

Keyword(s):

Transformational Leadership ◽

Data Collection ◽

Knowledge Sharing ◽

Goal Orientation ◽

Employee Performance ◽

Theoretical Models ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Learning Goal ◽

Learning Goal Orientation ◽

The Relationship

The background of this study is based on the controversial relationship between transformational leadership and employee performance. Empirical and theoretical models resolve the controversy by building a new concept based on proactive knowledge sharing. The study established the influence of transformational leadership, cohesion and learning goal orientation on proactive knowledge sharing and employee performance. A total of 7 hypotheses were developed to solve the study problem, while purposive sampling was used in data collection. The respondents consisted of 6 employees of Sharia Banking in Indonesia. The SEM results indicate that five hypotheses were significant, while 2 were insignificant. Furthermore, proactive knowledge sharing strongly mediates the relationship between the studied variables. These results confirm the withdrawal of the new concept in improving employee performance.

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Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Sharing, and Innovation Performance: Evidence from the Chinese Construction Industry

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11092713 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (9) ◽

pp. 2713 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Yongfu Li ◽

Yu Song ◽

Jinxin Wang ◽

Chengwei Li

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Sharing ◽

Intellectual Capital ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Positive Influence ◽

Equation Model ◽

Innovation Performance ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Construction Enterprises ◽

Using Data ◽

The Relationship

Knowledge economy era is an era driven by innovation, mainly based on the input of intangible assets which plays decisive roles in the long-term development of enterprises. The product value of enterprises is largely determined by their intellectual capital. Therefore, as pillars of China’s economy, construction enterprises must strengthen their investments in intellectual capital, and to achieve competitiveness in the market, enterprises must share knowledge with the other members of their networks. This study explores the relationship among the intellectual capital, knowledge sharing, and innovation performance of construction enterprises and the mediating effect of knowledge sharing on the relationship between intellectual capital and innovation performance by using data collected from a questionnaire survey. These data are analyzed along with the aforementioned relationships by using SPSS and a structural equation model. The findings indicate that intellectual capital not only has a direct positive influence on the innovation performance of construction enterprises but also positively affects their innovation performance through knowledge sharing. This paper concludes by presenting its limitations and the implications of its findings.

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Relationship Between Conflict and Deviant Workplace Behavior in Family Business

10.4018/978-1-6684-3550-2.ch051 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 1125-1146

Author(s):

Nurten Polat Dede

Keyword(s):

Family Business ◽

Role Ambiguity ◽

Deviant Behavior ◽

Negative Relationship ◽

General Concept ◽

The Other ◽

Workplace Behavior ◽

Main Challenge ◽

Deviant Workplace Behavior ◽

The Relationship

While family businesses are struggling with all the problems of any other business on one hand, they are also struggling to deal with problems arising from family dynamics on the other hand. The main challenge for the establishment and prevention of conflict, and organizational deviant behavior in these enterprises is the difficulty to separate family and business subsystems that are intertwined with each other without damaging them. This study focuses on organizational deviant behavior arising from probable negative relationship emotions after role ambiguity and conflict of family members in a family business. Furthermore, family effect (altruism) is also defined, which is another aspect affecting deviant behavior. Followed with the general concept of organizational deviations and conflicts and types of conflicts in family business, the last part covers deviation behavior reasons stemming from role conflict, role ambiguity, family altruism, and relationship conflict. The relationship between all these concepts are discussed with a conceptual literature review.

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Value cocreation behavior of users in an online social question-andanswer community

Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal ◽

10.2224/sbp.10253 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 49 (5) ◽

pp. 1-14

Author(s):

Xuecheng Yang ◽

Yue Sui

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Sharing ◽

Knowledge Integration ◽

Virtual Communities ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Self Determination ◽

Social Question ◽

Information Richness ◽

Value Cocreation ◽

The Relationship

Online social question-and-answer (Q&A) communities provide a platform for people to acquire high-quality knowledge and have become an important mode through which users can cocreate value. We applied self-determination theory and the stimulus–organism–response framework to develop a model of how platform characteristics influence users' self-determination in virtual communities, thereby influencing their value cocreation behavior. Data obtained from a survey of 385 users in an online social Q&A community show that personalized recommendations, social interaction, and information richness each had a positive impact on user selfcompetence, self-autonomy, and self-relatedness, which subsequently affected their knowledge-sharing and knowledge-integration behaviors. Moreover, self-determination had a mediating effect in the relationship between platform characteristics and users' knowledge-sharing and knowledge-integration behaviors. Our findings provide evidence for how to promote value cocreation in a social Q&A community.

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From “personal” to “interpersonal”: a multilevel approach to uncovering the relationship between job satisfaction and knowledge sharing among IT professionals

Journal of Knowledge Management ◽

10.1108/jkm-04-2021-0330 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Yang Lei ◽

Qiang Zhou ◽

Jifan Ren ◽

Xiling Cui

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Knowledge Sharing ◽

Hierarchical Linear Modeling ◽

Attribution Theory ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Information Technology Professionals ◽

Linear Modeling ◽

Paired Data ◽

Content Type ◽

The Relationship

Purpose This study aims to examine how job satisfaction (JS) affects two types of knowledge sharing (KS), in-role KS and extra-role KS. It also investigates the mediating effect of knowledge sharing self-efficacy (KSSE) and the moderating effect of team collaborative culture (TCC) between JS and two types of KS. Design/methodology/approach This study applies attribution theory to develop a cross-level model and validate it through paired data collected from 322 information technology professionals nested within 80 teams. Hierarchical linear modeling is used to test the hypotheses. Findings JS positively influences in-role and extra-role KS via KSSE and TCC positively moderates the relationship between JS and extra-role KS. Originality/value This study is one of the first to investigate the mechanism underlying the influence of JS on two types of KS. It also identifies the mediating and moderating effects of this mechanism.

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Personality trait of conscientiousness impact on tacit knowledge sharing: the mediating effect of eagerness and subjective norm

Journal of Knowledge Management ◽

10.1108/jkm-01-2021-0066 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Bojan Obrenovic ◽

Jianguo Du ◽

Danijela Godinić ◽

Diana Tsoy

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Sharing ◽

Tacit Knowledge ◽

Personality Trait ◽

Subjective Norm ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Content Type ◽

Depth Analysis ◽

Tacit Knowledge Sharing ◽

Knowledge Intensive ◽

The Relationship

Purpose This study aims to examine psychological mechanisms underlying tacit knowledge-sharing behaviours. The personality trait of conscientiousness is tested in relation to knowledge sharing, and the effect of eagerness and subjective norm on the intention to share is measured in the context of local and multinational knowledge-intensive enterprises in Croatia. Design/methodology/approach The quantitative study was conducted on a sample of 288 employees of small and medium-sized companies working on knowledge-intensive tasks. The purposive sampling technique and a survey strategy were used in the study. Organizational affiliation, as it was presumed that these individuals possess a higher degree of tacit knowledge. The data collection was conducted in October 2019. Respondents worked in science and technology companies in Croatia on assignments involving information technology, electronics, petrochemicals, medicine and biochemistry. Statistical product and service solutions analysis of a moment structures software was used to perform confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling. Findings The findings suggest that the personality trait of conscientiousness has a positive impact on tacit knowledge sharing behaviour. An attitude of eagerness and subjective norm were also confirmed as predictors of tacit knowledge sharing behaviour. Furthermore, conscientiousness influences the eagerness to share knowledge. A significant association between subjective norm and conscientiousness was also established. Finally, the mediating effects were identified, indicating that subjective norm and eagerness mediate the relationship between conscientiousness and tacit knowledge sharing. Practical implications Explaining the relationship between personality and attitude in the context of knowledge sharing will result in a better understanding of factors that should be nurtured within individuals. Accordingly, distinct management initiatives are to be developed to suit these factors. Furthermore, to intensify the knowledge exchange when working on knowledge-intensive tasks of significant economic value, organizations tailor a more particularistic application to suit the individual in the domain of leadership, staffing decisions, work organization and incentive systems. Originality/value This study provides an in-depth analysis and theoretical understanding of factors salient for knowledge-sharing behaviour. The authors provide an overview of how knowledge sharing evolves during social interaction through intensive problem-solving sessions and teamwork. The authors render the explanation on how the personality trait of conscientiousness, conjoint with the attitude of eagerness to share know-how in the expert surrounding, is conducive to the generation of tacit knowledge sharing. Underpinning this study are employees’ psychological motives and internal drives to communicate individual cognitive capital outweighing the potential negative consequences, such as losing the competitive advantage over the colleagues.

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