International Business Management
ISSN: OnlineISSN: Print 1993-5250
Abstract
In today advanced community, knowledge has become a critical economic resource and success factor of organizations. Such attributes as information generation, expansion of technological complexities and knowledge orientation have led into increasingly focus on knowledge management in project-oriented organizations. In many scientific documents, the relationship between knowledge sharing behavior and psychological traits are expressed. Personality is considered as the most important psychological components and predictors of human behavior. Present study is a survey-type with descriptive approach. It is conducted to study the impact of employees’ personality on their knowledge sharing behavior. Research data collection tool was an 68-item questionnaire and its sample size was 100 employees in project-oriented organizations. Content validity was determined by scholars while its reliability was calculated by Chronbach’s alpha ratio. All data were analyzed by PLS Software package and SEM. Personality constructs were measured by NEO five-factor model. Research findings indicate flexibility and adaptability have no impact on knowledge sharing behavior while, neurosis, extraversion and responsibility impacts on knowledge sharing behavior significantly.
How to cite this article:
Mehdi Abzari, Arash Shahin and Ali Abasaltian. Studying Knowledge Sharing Behavior Based on Personality Constructs in Project Oriented Organizations.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/ibm.2016.1560.1564
URL: https://www.makhillpublications.co/view-article/1993-5250/ibm.2016.1560.1564