EXAMINING THE INFLUENCE OF ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE AND ATTITUDE TOWARD KNOWLEDGE SHARING ON KNOWLEDGE SHARING INTENTION

Abstract

This study investigated the influence of organizational climate and attitude toward knowledge sharing on knowledge sharing intention. The populations in this research are all administrative employees in Padang State University. Technique of sample analysis is proportional cluster sampling. Data were collected through a questionnaire using Likert scale. Convergent and discriminative validity were used to test the validity and reliability of the questionnaire. Partial least square (PLS) was chosen as the structural equation model (SEM) analysis methods to test the hypotheses. The findings of the research are: (1) organizational climate has significant effect on knowledge sharing intention, (2) organizational climate has significant effect on attitude toward knowledge sharing, and (3) attitude toward knowledge sharing has significant effect on knowledge sharing intention. Penelitian ini meneliti pengaruh iklim organisasi dan sikap berbagi pengetahuan terhadap niat berbagi pengetahuan. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah karyawan administrasi di Universitas Negeri Padang. Teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan proportional cluster sampling. Data dikumpulkan melalui kuesioner dengan menggunakan skala Likert. Konvergen dan validitas diskriminatif digunakan untuk menguji validitas dan reliabilitas kuesioner. Kuadrat terkecil parsial (PLS) dipilih sebagai model persamaan struktural (SEM) untuk metode analisis pengujian hipotesis. Temuan dari penelitian ini adalah: (1) iklim organisasi berpengaruh signifikan terhadap niat berbagi pengetahuan, (2) iklim organisasi berpengaruh signifikan terhadap sikap terhadap berbagi pengetahuan, dan (3) sikap berbagi pengetahuan berpengaruh signifikan terhadap niat berbagi pengetahuan.

Keywords

• knowledge sharing intention, organizational climate, and attitude toward knowledge sharing.