Title: The influence of organisational cultural values, reward, time, self-esteem and job security on knowledge sharing intentions among managers

Authors: Bindu Gupta, Narendra K. Sharma, C. Ganesh

Addresses: Institute of Management Technology, Raj Nagar, Ghaziabad 201 001, India. ' IME Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur 208 016, India. ' Spice Corp Limited, D-1, Sector 3, Noida 201 301, UP, India

Abstract: This article examines the impact of self-esteem, perceived job security, availability of time, reward and organisational cultural values on intention to share knowledge in Indian business organisations. It also investigates the impact of intention to share knowledge on knowledge sharing behaviour. Using a sample of employees from private organisations, the article finds support for the hypotheses. The results of regression analysis showed that employee|s self-esteem and time are significant predictors of knowledge sharing intention. Among organisational values, collaboration, proaction and experimentation values were found to be significantly related to intention to share knowledge. Results also indicated that intention to share knowledge positively contributes to knowledge sharing behaviour. These findings suggest that organisations have to infuse desirable values for knowledge sharing and have to align their practices conducive for knowledge sharing in organisations.

Keywords: India; knowledge sharing behaviour; knowledge sharing intention; organisational culture; cultural values; perceived job security; reward; self-esteem; time.

DOI: 10.1504/IJICBM.2009.022340

International Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management, 2009 Vol.2 No.2, pp.125 - 143

Published online: 01 Jan 2009 *

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