Organizational Culture and Knowledge Sharing Behavior: Moderating Effect of Knowledge Governance Mechanism and Motivation

Abstract

This paper aims to examine and test the moderating effects of informal knowledge governance mechanisms and knowledge sharing motivation on the relationship between clan organizational culture and knowledge sharing behavior thematically organized around social exchange theory. This study uses survey design based on stratified random sampling to measure the constructs. Data was collected from 279 university teachers. Preacher and Hayes process macro was used to test the hypotheses. Authors find support for the direct relationship between clan organizational culture and knowledge sharing behavior. The direct relationship is moderated by informal knowledge governance mechanisms and knowledge sharing motivation. Data support the hypotheses, but the contributions of the study should be acknowledged while allowing the limitations to be realized that lead to future directions. This study suggests that practitioners and managers should re-consider the role of informal knowledge governance mechanisms and knowledge sharing motivation as vital contextual factors for creating synergy to upsurge knowledge sharing behavior. This paper concludes that presence of knowledge sharing motivation and adaption of informal knowledge governance mechanisms have a strong contingent effect on the positive relationship between clan organizational culture and knowledge sharing behavior at workplace.