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

• Main Authors: Rahman, Muhammad Sabbir, Osman-Gani, Aahad M., Momen, Md. Abdul, Islam, Nazrul
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Walter de Gruyter GmbH 2015
• Subjects: HD28 Management. Industrial Management; HF5001 Business. Business Administration
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/50191/5/50191-new.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/50191/; http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/mmcks.2015.10.issue-4/mmcks-2015-0019/mmcks-2015-0019.xml

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.