Browsing by Subject "Knowledge sharing"

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    Employee knowledge sharing in work teams: effects of team diversity, emergent states, and team leadership
    (2013-06) Noh, Jae Hang
    Knowledge sharing in work teams is one of the critical team processes. Without sharing of knowledge, work teams and organizations may not be able to fully utilize the diverse knowledge brought into work teams by their members. The purpose of this study was to investigate antecedents and underlying mechanisms influencing the extent to which team members share their knowledge with one another. Specifically, this study aimed to examine whether and how team members' team identification, psychological safety mediate the effects of perceived disparity on employee knowledge sharing. In addition, this study seek to investigate the moderating effects of transformational team leadership. A correlational design was used to collect and analyze survey data. Data were collected from a cross-sectional sample of 240 Korean employees of for-profit organizations in South Korea. The findings of this study indicated that perceived disparity (PD) negatively predicted knowledge sharing behavior (KSB). Also, both team identification (TI) and psychological safety (PS) mediated the relationship between PD and KSB. Furthermore, the strength of the mediated relationships between PD and KSP via TI became weaker or nonsignificant under high transformational team leadership than under low transformational team leadership. However, the strength of the mediated relationships between PD and KSP via PS became stronger and significant under high transformational team leadership than under low transformational team leadership. The findings of this study can provide the conceptual basis for interventions that are designed to promote knowledge sharing within work teams. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed, along with limitations of the study and directions for future research.
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    Knowledge Sharing among Contract Workers in Spaces Outside the Organization
    (2020-08) Lee, Eu Gene
    This study examines knowledge sharing behavior of gig economy contract workers in online communities and focuses on the role of their organizational identification, occupational identification, and commitment. The study has two parts; a case study on Uber and Lyft drivers who share knowledge via Facebook online communities and a survey on gig economy contract workers. Knowledge sharing behavior was examined through a content analysis of key themes, and the relationship between different variables was tested using the survey data. Findings underscore how contract workers actively share and enhance community knowledge through online discussion. There is evidence of contract workers developing a rich body of knowledge external to parent organizations. The study shows a moderation effect of internalization between the relationship of organizational commitment and knowledge-seeking and donating, which asserts the importance of building relationships between workers and the organization to enhance both organizational commitment and knowledge sharing.
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    The relationship between workplace incivility and the intention to share knowledge: The moderating effects of collaborative climate and personality traits.
    (2010-08) Shim, JiHyun
    The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between the experience of workplace incivility and the intention to share knowledge. Additionally, this study explores the moderating effect of collaborative climate and individual personality traits on the relationship between them. The data were obtained from twenty-two Korean companies. The survey consisted of five sections used to measure the experience of workplace incivility, the intention to share knowledge, collaborative climate, individual personality, and demographics. In total, 494 surveys were returned out of 600, and 476 were cleaned for data analysis (79.3%). Reliability tests, correlations, hierarchical multiple regressions and ANOVAs were employed to investigate the research hypotheses. The results of this study showed a negative relationship between the experience of workplace incivility and the intention to share knowledge. Additionally, this study showed the moderating effect of an individual personality trait, conscientiousness, on the relationship between the experience of workplace incivility and the intention to share knowledge. More specifically, conscientious people are more likely to share knowledge, in spite of the experience of workplace incivility. Implications for future research include further development of workplace incivility measurement tools for Korean settings. Additionally, there are plenty of areas to be explored in order to show the ill effects of workplace incivility, such as leader-member relationships, employee engagement, and organizational citizenship behaviors. In addition, implications for practitioners include providing orientation and training sessions about the concept of workplace incivility, and developing interventions for workplace incivility to prevent its prevalence in organizations. For victims to report incidents of workplace incivility, the 360-degree feedback system should be considered.