Influence Of Knowledge Sharing On Organizational Performance With Mediating Impact Of Absorptive Capability

Abstract

This study focused on examining the influence of knowledge-sharing capability, on organizational performance through impact of absorptive capability, in contemporary knowledge-based organizations. Basically, it is a need of today in competitive and dynamic business environments, organizations increasingly know that the ability to effectively share, assimilate, and use of knowledge because it is very essential for both like, employee-level and organizational-level outcomes. Drawing on the knowledge-based perspective and another is organizational learning perspective, the study proposes that knowledge-sharing capability enhances organizational performance with both means directly and indirectly improves performance through the development of absorptive capacity. There are four hypotheses were tested with help of Smart-PLS because it is robust tool of research to test the direct and indirect relationship between constructs. While first three hypotheses indicate direct impact and fourth, are indirect construct, all constructs were positive and significant. Further, these findings shows that organizations have strong knowledge-sharing mechanisms tend to attain upper level efficiency of operation, and workers engagement, while other benefit of this study to find significant mediation role among hypotheses. It define the both capabilities are boosting the internal an organization possesses and developed competency to leverage operationalize that knowledge as attained maximum output. Contribution of this study based on theoretical and practical implications as developed knowledge sharing capability of managers, and employees to absorb and apply knowledge in organization. Theoretically, it assimilates insights from knowledge-based views, and, literature reviews, providing empirical evidence that knowledge-sharing capability supports as an important tool for organization performance with help of absorptive capability. Another implication is practical implication; knowledge sharing capability and absorptive ability are enhancing capability of employee’s with flow of knowledge as increase overall growth organization, finally creating sustainable competitive advantage in knowledge-based environments.