Evaluating the Influence of Employees’ Professional Ethic on Their Knowledge Sharing (A Case Study: the Health Insurance Administration of Kermanshah Province)

Year 2015, Volume 3 - Issue 2, 29 - 40, 13.07.2015

Javad Amırı

https://doi.org/10.14486/IJSCS250

Abstract

The aim of the present research was to investigate the influence of employees’ professional ethic on their knowledge sharing in the health insurance administration of Kermanshah province. The present research from the aim viewpoint was an applied research and from the method viewpoint was a part of the descriptive researches of the correlation type. The statistical research society included the entire employees’ of the health insurance administration of Kermanshah province, which in 2014 were functional in this organization and the total number of theirs was 114 people. The sample volume with the assessment of statistical society and with the use of the Korjesi and Morgan table and for the sampling the simple random method with 90 people was selected. The measurement tool of professional ethic was the Kadousire (2009) and measurement tool of knowledge sharing was the Bennett & Gabriel (2009). The statistical methods included the descriptive statistics and perceptive statistics (Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Pearson correlation and univariate and multivariate regression). The results showed that the professional ethic was effective on the employees’ knowledge sharing. Moreover, the entire dimensions of professional ethic (responsibility, honesty, justice and equity, contest and competitiveness, respect to a customer, sympathy with a customer and observance and respect in relation to the values and social norms) lead to the promotion of the knowledge sharing. On the other hand the employees’ responsibility had the highest influence on the knowledge sharing.

Keywords

Professional ethics, Knowledge sharing, Health insurance

References

• Ansari M, Husseini A, Rahmani Yushaneloei H, Saifi S (2012) The effect of employees’ professional ethic principles on the knowledge sharing in the information technology field, Ethic in Science and Technology quarterly, 3(1): 40-52.
• Baikzadeh J, Sadeqi M, Abrahampour D (2012) The effect of organizational factors on the professional ethic growth of employees’. Ethic in Science and Technology quarterly, 2(7):1-9.
• Bennett R & Gabriel H (2009). Organizational factors and Knowledge management within large marketing departments: an empirical study, Journal of Knowledge Management, 3(3), 212-225.
• Bouref Al (2004) The ethic quality for the excellence of an organization, translated by Reza Najaf Beygi, Jaffar Rahmani and Esmail Kavoosi, Tehran: An outlook.
• Brink P (2007). Measurement of Conditions for Knowledge Sharing, Published in Proceedings 2nd European Conference on Knowledge, Bled, November.
• Cem-Ersoy N, Bron M, Derous E & Molen H (2010). Antecedent of organization citizenship behavior among blue- and white- collar workers in Turkey. International journal of intercultural relations. 35(3), 356-367.
• Cherring DJ (2008). The work ethic: working values and values that work. Amacom Books. New York, 43.
• Connelly C & Kelloway EK (2000). Predictors of employees’ perceptions of knowledge sharing cultures. Journal: Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 2003. p.p.294 – 301.
• Du R, Ai S & Ren Y (2006). Relationship between Knowledge Sharing and Performance: A Survey in Xi An, China, Expert Systems with Applications 32.
• Gurteen D (1999). Creating a knowledge –sharing culture: Knowledge management, 2(5).
• Hooff B & Ridder J (2004). “Knowledge Sharing in Context: The Influence of Organizational Commitment, Communication Climate and CMC Use on Knowledge Sharing”, Journal of Knowledge Management, 8(6).
• Kadousire A (2009). Exploring the Structure of Ethical Attributions as a
• Component of the Consumer Decision Model: The Vicarious Versus Personal Perspective. Journal of Business Ethics, 10, 285-293.
• Meriac J, Poling TL & Woehr DJ (2009). Are there gender differences in work ethic? An examination of measurement equivalence of the multidimensional work ethic profile. Personality and individual differences, 47, 209-213.
• Moeidfar S (2006) Investigating the work ethic and effective factors on it in the government departments employees’. Social welfare, 23(6): 321-341.
• Nonaka I & Takeuchi H (2005). The Knowledge Creating Company, OxfordUniversity Press. Noorani, Elahe (2012) Investigation of the relationship between managers’ professional ethic and knowledge management in the University of Science and Culture. Master’s degree dissertation, Faculty of Human Sciences, Tehran: University of Science and Culture.
• Pezeshkirad G, Alizadeh N, Zamai Miandashti N, ShabanAli Fami H (2011) The effective factors in the knowledge sharing among the organization employees’, The International Journal of Science and Technology, 4(13): 491-501.
• Qorbani M (2012) Investigating the relationship of spirituality intelligence and professional ethic with effectiveness of knowledge sharing, Master’s degree dissertation, The faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Semnan: University of Semnan.
• Saks AM, Mudrack PE & Ashforth BE (2006). The relationship between the work ethic, job attitudes, intentions to quit, and turnover for temporary service employees. Canadian journal of administrative sciences. 13(3), 226-236.
• Tajzadeh Namin, Abolfazl, Tajzadeh Namin, Abdin, Mortaei Gare Balag, Reza (2010) The relationship of employees’ ethic interaction with their performance, Commercial Management, 2(6): 41-56.
• Whalen J, Pitts RE, Wong JK (2001). Exploring the Structure of Ethical Attributions as a Component of the Consumer Decision Model: The Vicarious Versus Personal Perspective. Journal of Business Ethics, 10, 285-293.
• Yaginlu, Mehrangiz, Javaher Dahsti, Faranak, Khalili Iraqi, Maryam (2003) The professional ethic principle from preparation to practice, Tadbir monthly, 135, 80-88.
• Zhang J (2006). The Effect of Organizational/ Technological Factors and The Nature of Knowledge on Knowledge Sharing, Proceedings of The 39th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.