Exploring Knowledge-Sharing Barriers and Their Implications

2019 ◽  
pp. 99-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salih Yeşil ◽  
Bengü Hırlak
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Innovative Behavior ◽  
Innovation Research ◽  
Individual Knowledge ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Individual Innovative Behavior ◽  
Further Development

This chapter focuses on knowledge-sharing barriers and their implications over knowledge sharing and individual innovative behavior and explores the role of knowledge sharing on individual innovative behavior. Considering limited studies in the literature, this study provides further evidences regarding the implications of knowledge-sharing barriers and knowledge sharing in the workplace. Data was collected from 83 academic staff in a higher education institution and analyzed with Smart PLS. The results showed that organization-related knowledge-sharing barriers were negatively related to knowledge sharing. The results also indicated that individual knowledge-sharing barriers had a negative effect on individual innovative behaviors. There was no link found in this study between knowledge sharing and individual innovative behavior. These findings provided empirical evidences to the further development of knowledge management and innovation research, and insights regarding how to better foster knowledge sharing and innovative behavior in academe.

An Empirical Investigation into the Influence of Knowledge Sharing Barriers on Knowledge Sharing and Individual Innovation Behaviour

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 38-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salih Yeşil ◽  
Bengü Hırlak
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Innovation Research ◽  
Individual Knowledge ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Further Development

Knowledge sharing barriers reduce the propensity of individuals to share knowledge and produce innovation behaviour. Thus, identifying barriers and their impact on knowledge sharing and individual innovation behaviour is a potential research area to study. Considering lack of studies in the literature, this study provides further evidence regarding the implications of knowledge sharing barriers in the workplace. Data was collected from eighty three academic staff in a higher education institution and analysed with Smart PLS. The results showed that organisation related knowledge sharing barriers are negatively related to knowledge collecting and knowledge donating. The result also indicates that individual knowledge sharing barriers have negative effect on individual innovation behaviours. There was no link found in this study between knowledge sharing and individual innovation behaviour. These findings provide empirical evidence to the further development of knowledge management and innovation research, and insights regarding how to better implement knowledge sharing and foster innovation behaviour in organisations.

scholarly journals Role of Knowledge Management on Organizational Performance, Case of Jimma University in Ethiopia

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Team Work ◽  
Knowledge Management Practice ◽  
Ordinal Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Jimma University

This study explored role of knowledge management practice on the performance in higher education institute at Jimma University College of agriculture and Veterinary medicine in Ethiopia, considering academic staff perception. The study mainly employed quantitative descriptive research design using cross sectional design also used qualitative approach. For data collection, pre-tested self-administered structured questionnaire used. Considering 143 academic staff a population studied using census approach out of total 214 excluding those currently engaged in further study. Response rate was 81.8%. Descriptive and inferential statistics analysis employed utilizing STATA 14. Major finding includes: willingness of knowledge sharing and discovery was at high level. Knowledge sharing, capture, utilization as well as organizational and IT infrastructure support was at medium level. Chi-square (χ2) test indicated there is association between knowledge capture, sharing, utilization, organization support, IT support and performance. However ordinal logistic regression analysis revealed that only component knowledge utilization has positive and significant impact on performance. The study identified challenges in the practice of knowledge management such as inadequate fund, unsatisfactory documentation, inadequate support and cooperation consecutively. Thus college should spend more in knowledge management practice can improve innovation utilized in funding research, enhance team work, improving technology, motivate academic staff to retain and share knowledge. Keywords: knowledge management, knowledge share, Performance, Practice, Process

An integrated understanding of academics knowledge sharing behaviour

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Sabbir Rahman ◽  
Fadi Abdel Muniem Abdel Fattah ◽  
Hasliza Hassan ◽  
Tayeenul Haque
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Comparative Investigation ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Positive Effects

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the underlying functions of sense of spirituality (SS), emotional intelligence (EI) and perceived work environment (PWE) towards knowledge sharing behaviour (KSB) among the academic staff of higher learning institutions (HLIs) through a comparative investigation. This study extends the investigation by examining the relationship between SS and KSB through the mediating role of EI. The moderating role of PWE between SS and KSB was also tested. Design/methodology/approach The sample comprised 300 responses from 150 Bangladeshi and 150 Malaysian academic staff of public and private HLIs. Convenient sampling tools were used. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to analyse the proposed model and hypotheses. The study explains the differences and similarities in KSB practices concerning SS, EI and PWE of the academic staff from the two countries’ HLIs. Findings The results support the direct positive effects of SS on KSB. The two data sets also support the indirect effects of SS on KSB through the mediation of EI. However, the results indicate that SS only promoted KSB among individuals with high levels of PWE in their respective institutions. For individuals with low levels of PWE, SS did not affect KSB. Practical implications The management of HLIs should engage their experiences and those of newly hired academic staff in the KSB process. However, in facilitating KSB culture among the academic staff, HLIs need to foster the staff’s SS, which ultimately improvises the EI to strongly influence KSB. The management of HLIs understands that SS may be inefficient in promoting KSB among employees with low PWE. Authorities of HLIs need to facilitate a quality work environment to enhance the association between SS and KSB. Originality/value This study is one of the initial attempts to investigate KSB by considering SS, EI and PWE in the context of Bangladesh and Malaysia HLIs. The findings of the study can serve as inputs to HLIs in developing best practices across KSB dimensions and improving academic staff performance.

scholarly journals Knowledge Sharing among Academic Staff in the Higher Education Institution

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-74
Author(s):  
Alaa S. Jameel ◽  
Aram H. Massoudi ◽  
Azwar M. Qasim Agha
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Behavioral Control ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Subjective Norm ◽  
Sem Analysis ◽  
Perceived Behavioral Control ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Positive Attitudes

Organizational success relies heavily on knowledge sharing. Having a knowledge-sharing philosophy within an organization has a significant impact on its success because it stimulates staff's desire to address the organization's challenges and concerns. This study aims to examine the effect of attitude, Subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control on knowledge sharing among academic staff—the study conducted among academic staff at three private universities located in Erbil. The data were collected by questionnaires method, 163 valid questionnaires analyzed by Structural Equation Modelling SEM, Analysis of Moment Structure (AMOS) after ensuring validity and reliability. The results showed a positive and significant impact of attitude, Subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control on knowledge sharing among academic staff. As well, perceived behavioral control had a major impact on knowledge sharing followed by Subjective norm. The university should support academics and establish innovative climates and norms to develop positive attitudes in the organization to enable university staff to share their knowledge.

scholarly journals Emotional Turmoil or Peaceful Agreements? A Phenomenological Study on Coping with Reforms in Higher Education Institution

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Merilyn Meristo
Keyword(s):  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Basic Psychological Needs ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Negative Attitudes

Promoting changes in an organisation is never an easy task. Coping with changes is an individual process and affects our individual physical and psychological well-being. This study attempted to analyse how university reforms were experienced by academic staff. It is framed by Self-Determination Theory, according to which there are three basic psychological needs that affect all people: autonomy, competence, and relatedness. I conducted Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA; Smith et al., 2009) to gain insight into participants’ experiences during the period of 4 years, 2014-2018. The participants came from two academic staff communities of the same institution. The data collection methods were observations, diary notes, and interviews. The data were analysed according IPA. The results reveal the important role of the sense of community and belongingness between academic peers and colleagues within broader academic staff communities. In fact, it may influence the individual’s experience of reforms in both directions—peaceful confidence or alarming apprehension. The findings suggest that lack of autonomy about one’s work life increases negative attitudes towards the reforms and alludes to emotion-focused coping strategies, whilst autonomy supportive and open working environment supports coping with reforms in an academic institution.

Team reflexivity and employee innovative behavior: the mediating role of knowledge sharing and moderating role of leadership

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhining Wang ◽  
Shuang Ren ◽  
Doren Chadee ◽  
Mengli Liu ◽  
Shaohan Cai
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Study Design ◽  
Innovative Behavior ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Multilevel Study ◽  
Individual Employee ◽  
Benevolent Leadership ◽  
The Individual

Purpose Although team reflexivity has been identified as a potent tool for improving organizational performance, how and when it influences individual employee innovative behavior remains theoretically and conceptually underspecified. Taking a knowledge management perspective, this study aims to investigate the role of team-level knowledge sharing and leadership in transforming team reflexivity into innovative behavior at the individual level. Design/methodology/approach The paper follows a multilevel study design to collect data (n = 441) from 91 teams in 48 knowledge-based organizations. The paper tests our multilevel model using multinomial logistic techniques. Findings The overall results confirm that knowledge sharing in teams mediates the influence of team reflexivity on individual employee innovative behavior, and that leadership plays an important role in moderating these influences. Specifically, authoritarian leadership is found to attenuate the team reflexivity and knowledge sharing effect, whereas benevolent leadership is found to amplify this indirect effect. Originality/value The multilevel study design that explains how team-level processes translate into innovative behavior at the individual employee level is novel. Relatedly, our use of a multilevel analytical framework is also original.

Narcissistic Leadership and Employees' Knowledge Sharing: Influence of Organizational Identification and Collectivism

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (8) ◽  
pp. 1317-1329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaohong Xiao ◽  
Fengzhong Liu ◽  
Fangfang Zhou ◽  
Silu Chen
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Organizational Identification ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Paired Data ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
The Relationship

We examined the effects of narcissistic leadership on employees' knowledge sharing by analyzing the mediating role of organizational identification and the moderating role of collectivism. Using structural equation modeling and hierarchical regression we analyzed 228 sets of paired data obtained from employees and their immediate supervisors at organizations in China. We found that narcissistic leadership had a negative effect on knowledge sharing among our respondents, and that organizational identification fully mediated the relationship between narcissistic leadership and knowledge sharing. Moreover, collectivism positively moderated the relationship between narcissistic leadership and knowledge sharing. Implications for research and practice are discussed.

The Relationship between Entrepreneur Psychological Capital and Employee’s Innovative Behavior: The Strategic Role of Transformational Leadership and Knowledge Sharing

2011 ◽  
Vol 282-283 ◽  
pp. 691-696 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Zhu ◽  
Yan Fei Wang
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Psychological Capital ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Innovative Behavior ◽  
Chinese Enterprises ◽  
Strategic Role ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
The Relationship

This research is to explore the relationships among entrepreneur psychological capital; innovative behavior; transformational leadership and knowledge sharing. Chinese enterprises participated in this investigation. We found that entrepreneur psychological capital influenced transformational leadership, while transformational leadership influenced employee’s innovative behavior positively. Besides, entrepreneur psychological capital influenced employee’s knowledge sharing positively while knowledge sharing influenced employee’s innovative behavior positively, but the direct influence between entrepreneur psychological capital and employee’s innovative behavior wasn’t exist. As anticipated, the intervening effect of transformational leadership and knowledge sharing between entrepreneur psychological capital and employee’s innovative behavior was significant. Implications, limitations and future research directions for the study are discussed.

scholarly journals Organizational Norms and Leadership Effectiveness: Do the Leader's Innovative Behavior and Knowledge Sharing Intention Matter?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aselefech Belete ◽  
Tesfaye Leta Tufa
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Leadership Effectiveness ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Innovative Behavior ◽  
Ols Regression ◽  
Ordinary Least Square ◽  
Organizational Norms ◽  
Compare And Contrast

Abstract Even though organizations are failing because of leadership ineffectiveness, there is no consensus on the secret behind leadership effectiveness. Therefore, this study is aimed to investigate the role of subjective organizational norms on leadership effectiveness with a specific contribution from a leader’s innovative behavior, knowledge sharing intention, and autonomy. To achieve this, I analyzed data collected from 104 Ethio Telcom employees using the ordinary least square (OLS) regression and hierarchical regression analysis. The result of the OLS regression revealed that organizational norms influence leadership effectiveness indirectly through a leader’s innovative behavior. This relationship is intensified when the leader is intended to share knowledge more. Moreover, the presence of high autonomy among leaders leads to the development of innovative behavior among those leaders, which further improves the effectiveness of leaders. Besides the above findings, future researchers should compare and contrast the above relationship among the leaders and employees. They should also test the role of other entrepreneurial variables such as risk-taking and proactiveness concerning leadership effectiveness.

scholarly journals Relationship of Abusive Supervision and Creativity of Academic Staff in Public Sector Universities: Mediating role of Knowledge Sharing

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
Sana Asghar ◽  
Sobia Sultana
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Abusive Supervision ◽  
Employee Creativity ◽  
Statistical Tool ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Relationship

The importance of knowledge management enhances the competitive advantage of an organization in today's knowledge-based economy is agreed upon. In this era of globalized economy, knowledge is the main driver for growth. Knowledge promotes creativity is proved in the extant literature which is effected by abusive supervision. In this present study, we examine the process through which abusive supervision affects the creativity of employees. In particular, with the likelihood that abusive supervision is related to creativity of the employees and mediated by knowledge sharing behavior. Thus, the aim of present study is to investigate the effect of abusive supervision on the creativity of academic staff in the public sector universities with the mediating role of knowledge sharing. In order to analyze the relationship among the variables involved in the study, utilized the quantitative research methodology, deductive approach and cross-sectional time horizon .The questionnaire survey technique was adopted to collect the data. A five-point Likert scales with significant measures was used. The targeted population of the present study was the academic staff of three universities (Lahore College for Women University, The University of the Punjab, and Government College University, Lahore). Total 330 employees were selected as a sample through utilizing the proportionate stratified random sampling technique and among them 298 was fit for the analysis. The statistical tool, SPSS and AMOS was utilized to analyze the collected data to obtain the results. The results of the study show that abusive supervision has a negative effect on employee creativity and knowledge sharing of employees whereas; knowledge sharing has significant positive effect on employee creativity. Though, knowledge sharing is partially mediating the relationship between abusive supervision and knowledge sharing.

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