The Relationships Between Knowledge Hiding, Organizational Justice, Workplace Friendship and Job Interdependence

Erman Kılınç

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The Relationships Between Knowledge Hiding, Organizational Justice, Workplace Friendship and Job Interdependence

Abstract

This study was designed to determine the effects of social groups and relationships, which are among the basic subjects of sociology, on management science. In this context, the relationship between knowledge hiding, organizational justice, workplace friendship and job interdependence was investigated. This research, using quantitative analysis techniques, was conducted in a public institution operating in the transportation sector. Data were collected with the help of survey forms and at this stage, a simple random sampling method was preferred without any restrictions. Data obtained from 274 employees working in TR1, TR2, TR5, TR7 and TRB regions were analyzed with traditional statistical methods and structural equation modeling (SEM). According to the findings, the tendency to hide knowledge increases in environments where organizational justice is low, the friendship bonds of employees with a high perception of organizational justice are stronger, and this reduces their knowledge hiding behaviors. The study also found that the perception of organizational justice is higher in individuals with higher work experience, organizational justice and knowledge hiding behaviors do not differ according to gender, and the tendency to hide information in blue-collar employees is much lower than in white and gray collar employees.

Keywords

Information Hiding , Organizational Justice , Workplace Friendship , Job Interdependence , Social Exchange Theory

Bilgi Saklama, Örgütsel Adalet, İşyerinde Dostluk ve İş Bağımlılığı Arasındaki İlişkiler

Öz

Bu çalışma, sosyolojinin temel konularından olan sosyal gruplar ve ilişkilerin yönetim bilimi üzerindeki etkilerini tespit etmek amacıyla tasarlanmıştır. Bu kapsamda, bilgi saklama davranışının örgütsel adalet, arkadaşlık bağları ve görev bağımlılığıyla ilişkisi araştırılmıştır. Nicel analiz tekniklerinin kullanıldığı bu araştırma, ulaştırma sektöründe faaliyet gösteren bir kamu kuruluşunda yürütülmüştür. Veriler anket formları yardımıyla toplanmış ve bu aşamada herhangi bir kısıt gözetilmeksizin basit tesadüfi örnekleme yöntemi tercih edilmiştir. TR1, TR2, TR5, TR7 ve TRB bölgelerinde görev yapan 274 işgören üzerinden elde edilen veriler geleneksel istatistik yöntemleri ve yapısal eşitlik modellemesiyle (YEM) analiz edilmiştir. Elde edilen bulgulara göre örgütsel adaletin düşük olduğu ortamlarda bilgi saklama eğilimleri artmakta, yüksek örgütsel adalet algısına sahip işgörenlerin arkadaşlık bağları daha güçlü olmakta ve bu durum bilgi saklama davranışlarını azaltmaktadır. Çalışmada ayrıca, iş deneyimi yüksek olan bireylerde örgütsel adalet algısının daha yüksek olduğu, örgütsel adalet ve bilgi saklama davranışlarının cinsiyetlere göre farklılaşmadığı, mavi yakalı işgörenlerde bilgi saklama eğilimlerinin beyaz ve gri yakalılara kıyasla çok daha düşük olduğu tespit edilmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Bilgi saklama , örgütsel adalet , iş yeri arkadaşlığı , görev bağımlılığı , sosyal değişim teorisi

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Erman Kılınç ^*
0000-0001-7065-5916
Türkiye

Erken Görünüm Tarihi

16 Şubat 2025

Yayımlanma Tarihi

12 Şubat 2025

Gönderilme Tarihi

21 Ekim 2024

Kabul Tarihi

11 Aralık 2024

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2025 Cilt: 22 Sayı: 1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.26466/opusjsr.1570909

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https://izlik.org/JA35JG22EA

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Kılınç, E. (2025). The Relationships Between Knowledge Hiding, Organizational Justice, Workplace Friendship and Job Interdependence. OPUS Journal of Society Research, 22(1), 33-45. https://doi.org/10.26466/opusjsr.1570909

The Relationships Between Knowledge Hiding, Organizational Justice, Workplace Friendship and Job Interdependence

Abstract

Keywords

Bilgi Saklama, Örgütsel Adalet, İşyerinde Dostluk ve İş Bağımlılığı Arasındaki İlişkiler

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