Organizational Commitment as Predictor of Knowledge Sharing Behaviour in Organizations

Abstract

Knowledge is an essential resource in an organization, thus sharing it across organizational members is a sine qua non for success in an environment that is competitive. The study adopted a descriptive survey design to explore the relation between knowledge sharing behaviour and organizational commitment. Participants were employees of the Petroleum Training Institute, Effurun, Delta State, Nigeria. Data collection instrument was a structured questionnaire, which was administered on one hundred and eighty-two respondents in their place of work. Multiple regression was used in testing hypotheses using STATA 13.0 software. Results revealed that organizational commitment explained 12.4% variance in knowledge sharing behaviour, indicating a positive and significant relationship between organizational commitment and knowledge sharing behaviour. Furthermore, affective commitment was positive and significantly related to knowledge sharing behaviour, whereas a negative but insignificant relationship existed between normative commitment and knowledge sharing behaviour. In addition, continuance commitment was found to be positively and insignificantly related to knowledge sharing behaviour. The study, therefore recommended that organizations should place emphasis on developing affective commitment among employees as this will enhance knowledge sharing behaviour.