Testing the Prediction of Knowledge Sharing Behavior through the Lens of Organizational Culture and Organizational Citizenship Behavior

Siddig Balal Ibrahim,Umair Ahmed,Mohammed Sani Abdullahi

doi:10.33166/acdmhr.2021.02.003

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Abstract

This research intended to focus on the impact of organizational culture on knowledge sharing by bank employees directly and indirectly through mediation by organizational citizenship behavior. For achieving the purpose, 402 employees from banks in the Kingdom of Bahrain through simple random sampling. Data were collected through questionnaires. A current study found a significant outcome of organizational culture on knowledge sharing and organizational citizenship behavior. Besides this current study also found significant results between organizational citizenship behavior and knowledge sharing. Along with significant direct results, current research also found the mediating effect by organizational citizenship behavior in relationships of organizational culture with knowledge sharing. The current study contributes notable theoretical implications under social exchange theory. In addition, the current study also provides practical learnings and recommendations for the future.

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Knowledge development is a key motivator for the global economic world (Eder & Trippl, 2019)
This study aims to examine the culture as a prime antecedent that may pertain to knowledge creation, sharing, and transfer and how organizational citizenship behavior mediates the association between organizational culture and knowledge sharing behavior
In the assessment of structural model, the current study found significant relationship of organizational culture with knowledge sharing in H1 (OC→KS) (β = 0.247, sd = 0.062, t = 4.003, p

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Knowledge development is a key motivator for the global economic world (Eder & Trippl, 2019). The global economy is transforming towards a knowledge-based economy (AlZgool et al, 2020). It is observed by Bloodgood (2019) that knowledge has a distinct competitive edge to survive in the competitive world with distinct competency, which competitors cannot imitate. It is not easy to transform all the factors of production from tangible to intangible (LaFayette, Curtis, Bedford, & Iyer, 2019). This transformation of the resources urges to management scholars to explore more and more about the field of knowledge management.

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