Testing knowledge sharing effectiveness: trust, motivation, leadership style, workplace spirituality and social network embedded model

• Autorzy: Muhammad Sabbir Rahman , AAhad M. Osman-Gani , Md. Abdul Momen , Nazrul Islam
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The aim of this inquiry is to investigate the relationships among the antecedents of knowledge sharing effectiveness under the position of non-academic staff of higher learning institutions through an empirical test of a conceptual model consisting of trust, extrinsic and intrinsic motivation, leadership style, workplace spirituality and online social network. This study used the respondents from the non-academic staff of higher learning institutions in Malaysia (n = 200), utilizing a self-administered survey questionnaire. The structural equation modeling approach was used to test the proposed hypotheses. The outcomes indicate that all the antecedents play a substantial function in knowledge sharing effectiveness. In addition, perceived risk plays a mediating role between trust and knowledge sharing effectiveness. On the other hand, this research also proved the communication skill also plays a mediating role between leadership style and knowledge sharing effectiveness. This study contributes to pioneering empirical findings on knowledge sharing literature under the scope of the non-academic staff perspective.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Knowledge sharing effectiveness; higher learning institutions; trust; motivation; leadership style; workplace spirituality and social network

• Wydawca: Sciendo
• Czasopismo: Management & Marketing
• Rocznik: 2015
• Tom: 10
• Numer: 4
• Strony: 284-303

Daty

wydano

2015-12-01

online

2016-03-19

Twórcy

autor

Muhammad Sabbir Rahman

• International Islamic University, Malaysia,

autor

AAhad M. Osman-Gani

• International Islamic University, Malaysia

autor

Md. Abdul Momen

• East-West University, Bangladesh

autor

Nazrul Islam

• East-West University, Bangladesh

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DOI

10.1515/mmcks-2015-0019