Abstract
The present study has tried to evaluate the relation between the organizational commitment and knowledge sharing. In order to evaluate the research hypothesis, a sample of 110 managers, authorities and experts of Rahbar Informatics Service Company were selected. Then the research questionnaire with the reliability of 91% was distributed among the statistical samples. After collecting the data, they were abridged, classified and entered into the SPSS Software. The results revealed that all the research hypothesis are approved and the results of evaluating the research hypotheses showed that there is a meaningful relation between the organizational commitment and knowledge sharing( P≤0.05). Finally practical suggestions will be provided for the Rahbar Informatics Service Company. It is hoped that the results of the present study can be applied to improve the staffs' behaviors and functions in sharing their knowledge and finally improve the organizational function. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2016.v7n51p111
Highlights
Today knowledge is considered as a precious and strategic asset for the organizations and providing products and services with economical and proper quality is difficult and sometimes impossible without true and proper management and applying these valuable resources (Han, 2007)
Knowledge sharing is a key issue in the knowledge management which is of a great importance for the organizations as it enables them to improve their skills and competency and keep their competitive advantage (Wu1, 2009)
The present research has applied Balfour and Kessler's three-part model to measure the staffs' organizational commitment that has the following dimensions: a) Assimilation commitment: it is stated as the amount of the staffs' harmony with the goals and values of the organizations b) Affiliation commitment: it is originated through feeling of having attachment and dependency to the organization c) Interactive commitment: it is based on attachment to the organization and it increases when the organization determines the staffs' participation, signifies the importance of the staffs and provides support and encouragement for the staffs (Balfour & Wechsler, 1996)
Summary
Today knowledge is considered as a precious and strategic asset for the organizations and providing products and services with economical and proper quality is difficult and sometimes impossible without true and proper management and applying these valuable resources (Han, 2007). That is due to the fact that they consider it as a natural process not as an obligation This motivation should be generated among the organizational staffs to share their knowledge without the fear of losing their position and/or job (Yang & Wan, 2004). While knowledge sharing is one of the biggest concerns of the organizational managers that generate competitive advantage in the knowledge economy, many companies have not tried hard to plan proper methods to efficiently encourage the staffs to share their knowledge (Wu et al.). Determining those factors affecting on the staffs' motivation for sharing the knowledge is of a great importance and organizations should focus on it. The researchers hope to have a positive impact on this company through removing the implicit and clear problems and barriers of knowledge sharing and facilitating this issue by improving the level of organizational commitment among the staffs and they try to attract the higher authorities and mangers' attention to the significance of the key points in facilitating the knowledge sharing among the organizational staffs
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