The Study of Intention to Share Knowledge: RevisitingPerceived Team Support, Affective Commitment, and Organizational Climate

• Main Authors: I-Hwa Luo, 羅益華
• Other Authors: Yu-Wen Liu
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/62531765505932601930

碩士 === 國立中興大學 === 高階經理人碩士在職專班 === 97 === Abstract To vie in today’s ever-increasing competitive knowledge-based economics environments, team-based design has recently become one of core issues as well as a main organizational structure design. However, little is known about how to intensify knowledge sharing reciprocally among team members. This study aimed to revisit the salient factors of perceived team support, affective commitment, and climate for initiative using multilevel approach. Convenience sampling method was used for data collection. Questionnaires were delivered to 101 sampled teams employed by 97 organizations in Taiwan. Each questionnaire package contained copies of team member questionnaires and one copy of the leader questionnaire. After the elimination of invalid questionnaires, there were 73 team-leaders coupled with 426 team-members from 73 organizations. The sample varied in different functional work teams in various departments (e.g. production, sales, marketing, human resources, research & design, and finance). Hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) was used to examine the relationship between climate for initiative and team members’ intention to share knowledge. The results indicated that climate for initiative contributes to team member’s intention of knowledge sharing. Additionally, perceived team support and affective commitment were both related to individuals’ intention to share knowledge respectively. The results also supported the mediating role of affective commitment in the relationship between perceived team support and intention to share knowledge. Cumulatively, this study contributes to the literature by advancing the understanding the motivational drivers, such as perceived team support and affective commitment that underlie individuals’ intention to share knowledge within teams.