Organizational Culture and Knowledge Sharing Behavior: Examining Serial Mechanisms

Saliha Gul Abbasi () and Ghulam Dastgeer
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Saliha Gul Abbasi: Air University School of Management
Ghulam Dastgeer: Air University School of Management

Sukkur IBA Journal of Management and Business, 2018, vol. 5, issue 1, 33-51

Abstract: This study aims to examine how hierarchy organizational culture affectsthe knowledge sharing behavior of teachers in higher education institutions and universities andits mediated link through formal knowledge governance mechanism and knowledge sharing opportunity. A sample of 269 teachers was drawn from university teachers in Pakistan and structural equation modeling is used to test the hypotheses. The results of this study suggest that first, hierarchy organizational culture is positively associated with knowledge sharing behavior of teachers. Second, formal knowledge governance mechanismfullymediated the relationship between hierarchy organizational culture and knowledge sharing behavior. Third, knowledge sharing opportunity fullymediated the relationship between hierarchy organizational culture and knowledge sharing behavior. Finally, the relationship between hierarchy organizational culture and knowledge sharing behavior is sequentiallyand fullymediated by formal knowledge governance mechanism and knowledge sharing opportunity. Theoretical and managerial implications are discussed followed by limitations of the study along with suggestions for future research.

Keywords: Formal Knowledge Governance Mechanism; Hierarchy Organizational Culture; Knowledge Sharing Behavior; Knowledge Sharing Opportunity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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