Andreeva, Tatiana and Sergeeva, Anastasia (2016) The more the better … or is it? The contradictory effects of HR practices on knowledge-sharing motivation and behaviour. Human Resource Management Journal, 26 (2). pp. 151-171. ISSN 0954-5395

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Abstract

This article examines how individual-level antecedents such as motivation and ability to share knowledge mediate the relationship between HR practices and knowledge-sharing behaviour. The results of a survey of 329 secondary school teachers reveal the contradictory effects of different HR practices on the mediating roles of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation to share knowledge and subsequent knowledge-sharing behaviour of teachers. The study demonstrates that opportunity-enhancing HR practices act as a moderating condition that activates either intrinsic or extrinsic motivation to share knowledge and may completely offset the effect of motivation-enhancing HR practices. The study makes a distinctive contribution by demonstrating how certain combinations of HR practices aimed to enhance knowledge sharing might in fact be a costly solution for organisations, as they activate different mediating mechanisms in the HRM–knowledge-sharing behaviour link.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	knowledge sharing; HR practices; knowledge governance; ability–motivation– opportunity (AMO) framework; mediation and moderation; intrinsic and extrinsic motivation;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Business
Item ID:	11336
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12100
Depositing User:	Tatiana Andreeva
Date Deposited:	17 Oct 2019 13:24
Journal or Publication Title:	Human Resource Management Journal
Publisher:	Wiley
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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