The Mediating Role of Organizational Silence Between Academicians' Perceptions of Organizational Injustice and Knowledge Hiding Behavior

Year 2023, , 364 - 375, 31.12.2023

Umut Uyan

https://doi.org/10.33721/by.1324008

Abstract

Knowledge sharing is essential for organizations to effectively manage and utilize their most valuable intangible asset, knowledge. Considering that higher education institutions are knowledge-intensive organizations, the dissemination of individual knowledge throughout the organization becomes even more critical. There are, however, a number of individual, organizational, and contextual barriers that could make workers reluctant to share the knowledge they possess. The purpose of this study is to discover to what extent academicians' perceptions of injustice influence their knowledge-hiding behavior. The main assumption of the research is that the perception of injustice causes employee silence, which leads to knowledge hiding. The data were collected through structured questionnaires from six higher education institutions including four public and two private, operating in the provinces of Adana and Mersin (n=289). The findings suggest that organizational injustice induces knowledge hiding behaviors. Furthermore, organizational injustice has been shown to affect knowledge hiding behavior through organizational silence, although partially. The major contribution of the study is that it identifies certain barriers in higher education that distort the effective management of knowledge.

Keywords

Knowledge Sharing, Knowledge Hiding, Organizational Justice

Akademisyenlerin Örgütsel Adaletsizlik Algıları İle Bilgi Saklama Davranışı Arasındaki İlişkide Örgütsel Sessizliğin Aracılık Rolü

Abstract

Bilgi paylaşımı, kuruluşların en değerli maddi olmayan varlıkları olan bilgiyi etkin bir şekilde yönetmeleri ve kullanmaları için hayati önem taşımaktadır. Yükseköğretim kurumlarının bilgi-yoğun örgütler olduğu düşünüldüğünde bireysel bilginin örgüt geneline dağıtılması daha da kritik hale gelmektedir. Ancak çeşitli bireysel, örgütsel ve bağlamsal unsurlar çalışanları bilgi paylaşma noktasında isteksiz hale getirebilmektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı akademisyenlerin adaletsizlik algılarının bilgi saklama davranışını ne derece etkilediğini ortaya koymaktır. Araştırmanın temel varsayımı ise adaletsizlik algısının çalışan sessizliğine sebep olduğu, bunun da bireyleri sahip oldukları bilgiyi saklamaya teşvik etmesidir. Araştırmanın verileri Adana ve Mersin illerinde faaliyet yürüten dördü kamu ve ikisi vakıf olmak üzere toplam altı yükseköğretim kurumundan yapılandırılmış anketler aracılığıyla toplanmıştır (n= 289). Araştırmanın bulguları örgütsel adaletsizlik algısının bilgi saklama davranışını teşvik ettiğini ortaya koymuştur. Ayrıca bulgular, kısmi de olsa, bahsedilen ilişkide örgütsel sessizliğin aracılık ilişkisini doğrular niteliktedir. Araştırma, bilgi-yoğun kuruluşlar olan yükseköğretim kurumlarında bilginin etkin yönetilmesi önündeki bariyerleri ortaya koyması bakımından özgün bir nitelik taşımaktadır.

Keywords

Bilgi Paylaşımı, Bilgi Saklama, Örgütsel Adalet

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