EMPOWERED EMPLOYEES’ KNOWLEDGE SHARING BEHAVIOR

Year 2011, Volume: 3 Issue: 2, 69 - 76, 01.12.2011

Ayşegül Özbebek Esra Kılıçarslan Toplu

Abstract

Knowledge is a critical organizational resource and in order to gain a sustainable
competitive advantage, organizations must in some ways rely on their employees
because knowledge sharing is the main activity through which employees can
contribute to knowledge application, innovation, and consequently the competitive
advantage of the organization.
There are many studies that research on the relationship between empowerment
and performance, creativity, innovation. In this study, the relationship between
psychological empowerment and knowledge sharing behavior is researched. The
main purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between
empowerment and knowledge sharing. The research sample is selected from the
fast moving consumer goods (fmcg) sector where knowledge sharing is thought to
be very important because of the fast changing environment. When measuring
empowerment Spreitzer’s (1995) scale is used and when measuring knowledge
sharing behavior Yi’s (2009) scale is used.
The results of the research are important in today’s fast changing environment
because knowledge sharing is crucial to future success.

Keywords

psychological empowerment, knowledge sharing behavior, fast moving consumer goods, fmcg.

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