Title: Fostering knowledge sharing through HR practices: a Pakistani perspective

Authors: Muhammad Asrar-ul-Haq; Sadia Anwar

Addresses: Department of Management Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Sahiwal Campus, Pakistan ' Department of Management Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Sahiwal Campus, Pakistan

Abstract: The relationship between human resource practices (HRPs) and knowledge sharing has been achieving a significant attention in recent era. However, there has been a lack of a meta-theoretical framework which could relate the HRP with individual ability and motivation in organisational setting to engage in knowledge sharing. The current study is an attempt to explain the human resource practices that are significant in evoking the knowledge sharing behaviour of individuals in organisations. The motivation, opportunity and ability model of human behaviour has been used as a theoretical framework linking the HRP with individual abilities and motivation to engage in the knowledge sharing behaviour. The diffusion of specific human resource practices in the MOA model and its relationship with the elements of the MOA model has been discussed comprehensively. In addition, the theoretical and practical implications have also been highlighted.

Keywords: human resource practices; HRPs; knowledge sharing; motivation; opportunity; ability.

DOI: 10.1504/IJKMS.2020.106330

International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies, 2020 Vol.11 No.2, pp.153 - 169

Accepted: 03 Jul 2019
Published online: 02 Apr 2020 *

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