Linking HEXACO Personality Traits to Affective Commitment and Knowledge Sharing Behaviour in Higher Education Institutions

Dewan Niamul Karim, Suman Paul Chowdhury (), Abdul Halim Abdul Majid (), Mohammad Rabiul Basher Rubel (), Nadia Newaz Rimi () and Muhammad Ruhul Amin ()
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Dewan Niamul Karim: Department of Management Studies, Faculty of Business Studies, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka -1342, Bangladesh
Suman Paul Chowdhury: ��,§BRAC Business School, BRAC University, KHA 224, Progati Sarani, Merul Badda, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
Abdul Halim Abdul Majid: ��School of Business Management/Institute of Zakat Research and Innovation (IPIZ), Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), Kedah Darul Aman, Malaysia
Mohammad Rabiul Basher Rubel: ��,§BRAC Business School, BRAC University, KHA 224, Progati Sarani, Merul Badda, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
Nadia Newaz Rimi: �Department of Management, Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Muhammad Ruhul Amin: ��Department of Business Administration, College of Business, Tennessee State University, 330 10th Ave. N, Nashville, TN 37203, USA

Journal of Information & Knowledge Management (JIKM), 2024, vol. 23, issue 06, 1-24

Abstract: Abstract.This study aimed to assess the connection between HEXACO personality traits (i.e. honesty–humility, emotionality, extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness to experience) and knowledge sharing behaviour (KSB) of university academic staff. Moreover, based on the theory of planned behaviour (TPB), this study aimed to examine the underlying process through which HEXACO personality traits contribute to academics’ KSB by examining mediating role of affective commitment. With a structured questionnaire survey, the data was conveniently collected from 234 full-time university faculty members employed in 20 private universities located in Bangladesh. Structural equation modelling partial least square (SEM-PLS) was utilised to analyse the research model. The results revealed that, with the exception of emotionality, all HEXACO personality traits (i.e. honesty– humility, extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness to experience) have positive direct effects on academics’ KSB. The study further showed that the effects of honesty–humility, extraversion, agreeableness and conscientiousness on KSB were significantly mediated by affective commitment. Thus, universities should focus on academics’ personality profiles to improve knowledge sharing practices within the institutions. In particular, personality test should be introduced in the selection process of university teachers to identify the candidates with desirable personality traits. The findings offer a new understanding of how HEXACO personality traits result in academics’ KSB directly as well as via affective commitment.

Keywords: Knowledge sharing behaviour; personality traits; HEXACO personality traits; organisational commitment; ective commitment; higher education institutions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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