The effect of organizational and individual factors on the degree of knowledge sharing: The moderating role of individual's motivation to learn

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Researcher at the Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Commerce, University of Alexandria The Egyptian Arabic Republic

2 Assistant Professor of Business Administration Faculty of Commerce, University of Alexandria

3 Business teacher Faculty of Commerce, University of Alexandria

Abstract

The aim of this is research is to study the effect of some organizational and individual factors on the degree of knowledge sharing. Specifically, the study
investigates the effect of collaborative culture, immediate supervisor  support, work group support, employee attitude on  knowledge sharing. Also the moderating  role of  individual's motivation to learn on this relationship < strong>.  The study was applied at Alexandria University in Egypt. The descriptive analytical approach was used. A questionnaire was prepared to collect the required data
through the use of (Google form), distributed on a convenient sample of (340) members of the assistant faculty some of the theoretical faculties represented in the college of (Commerce, Arts, Education, Law, Tourism and Hotels) and the practical colleges represented in the college of (Medicine, Pharmacy,  Science, and Engineering). Data contained therein was analyzed using the programs (SPSS.V.25( and (AMOS.V.22).
The results of the study showed that there is a significant effect between the independent variables: collaborative culture, work group support, employee attitude, and the dependent variable knowledge sharing. As well as the presence of negative and significant effect between the immediate supervisor support and knowledge sharing, and there is an interactive effect of the individual's motivation to learn on the relationship between immediate supervisor support and knowledge sharing, while there is no interactional effect of the individual's motivation to learn on the relationship between each of the collaborative culture, work group support , employee attitude and the knowledge sharing variable.

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