BİLGİ ALIŞVERİŞ İKLİMİNİN BİLGİ TRANSFERİNE OLAN ETKİSİNDE GÜVEN VE BAĞLILIĞIN ARACILIK ETKİSİ

Yıl 2023, Cilt: 7 Sayı: 1, 81 - 112, 19.06.2023

Muhammet Burak Delibaş

Öz

Bilginin stratejik bağlamda başat üretim faktörü olarak kabul edildiği günümüzde; bilgi transferi, işletmeler için hayati önemi haiz bir konu olarak değerlendirilmektedir. Örgütler için vazgeçilmez stratejik bir varlık ve en önemli kaynak olan bilginin hem örgüt içi hem de örgütler arası transferi ise mevcut bilginin kullanımının yanında genişletilmesi ve zenginleştirilmesi için elzemdir. Örgüt içi ve örgütler arası bağlamlarda farklı dinamiklerin söz konusu olduğu bilgi transferi, aynı zamanda örgütlerin en önemli rekabet avantajı kaynağıdır. Transfer edilen bilginin yabancı bir kaynaktan elde ediliyor olması ise konuyu sadece işletmeler için değil ülke ekonomisi için de stratejik bir boyuta taşımaktadır. Zira transfer edilen bilginin, ülke ekonomisine de katma değer sağlama potansiyeli çoğu zaman söz konusu olabilmektedir. İşletmeler ve ülke ekonomisi için sahip olduğu öneme binaen bu çalışmada yabancı ortaktan ortağı bulunduğu işletmeye yönelik bilgi transferi konusu ele alınmıştır. Örgütlerde bilgi transferinin etkin bir şekilde gerçekleşmesi ise çeşitli faktörlere bağlı bulunmaktadır. Alanyazında bilgi transferine olan pozitif etkileri bağlamında birçok defa ele alınmış olan bilgi alışveriş iklimi araştırmanın bağımsız değişkeni olarak belirlenmiştir. Bu ilişkinin daha açık ve saflaştırılmış bir biçimde ortaya çıkarılabilmesi amacıyla da bilgi transferinin gerçekleşmesine zemin oluşturduğu varsayılan güven ve bağlılık unsurlarının bu ilişkide bir etkilerinin olup-olmadığı çalışmanın ana sorunsalı olarak belirlenmiştir. Bu bağlamda bilgi alışveriş ikliminin bilgi transferine olan etkisinde güven ve bağlılık unsurlarının aracılık etkisinin araştırılması çalışmanın ana araştırma konusunu teşkil etmektedir. Araştırmanın verileri Türkiye genelinde 2011-2021 yılları arasında kurulmuş olan ve en az bir Türk ve en az bir yabancı ortağı bulunan 407 işletmeden anket yöntemi ile elde edilmiştir. Çalışmada aracılık etkilerinin tespiti amacıyla aracılık analizi yapılmıştır. Yapılan analizler neticesinde bilgi alışveriş ikliminin bilgi transferine etkisinde güven ve bağlılığın ayrı ayrı aracılık etkilerinin söz konusu olduğu tespit edilmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Bilgi transferi, bilgi alış-veriş iklimi, ilişkisel sermaye, yabancı ortaklı işletme

MEDIATION EFFECT OF TRUST AND COMMITMENT ON THE EFFECT OF EXCHANGE CLIMATE ATTRIBUTES ON KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER

Öz

Today, when knowledge is strategically accepted as the dominant production factor, knowledge transfer is considered as a vital issue for firms. The transfer of knowledge, which is an indispensable strategic asset and most important resource for organizations, both within and between organizations is essential for the expansion and enrichment of existing knowledge as well as its use. Knowledge transfer is seen as the most important source of competitive advantage for firms. Obtaining the transferred knowledge from a foreign source is not only significant to the firms but also to the national economy because the potential of the transferred knowledge to provide an added value to the country's economy is seen to be quite high. Due to its importance, in this study, the issue of knowledge transfer from the foreign partner to the business is discussed. In addition, the effective knowledge transfer in organizations depends on various factors. The exchange climate, attributes which have been discussed many times in the literature in terms of their positive effects on knowledge transfer, have been determined as the independent variables of the research. In order to reveal this relationship in a more clear and purified way, the main problem of the study was determined whether the factors of trust and commitment, which are assumed to form the basis for the realization of knowledge transfer, have an effect on this relationship. In this context, the main research subject of the study is to investigate the mediation effect of trust and commitment in the effect of exchange climate attributes on knowledge transfer. The data of the research were obtained from 407 firms established between 2011-2021 in Turkey and with at least one Turkish and at least one foreign partner. In the study, mediation analysis was used to determine the mediation effects. As a result of the analyzes, it has been determined that there are mediating effects of trust and commitment in the effects of exchange climate attributes on knowledge transfer.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Knowledge transfer, exchange climate attributes, relational capital, firms with foreign partners

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