CAN ORGANIZATIONAL KNOWLEDGE CAPABILITIES

AFFECT KNOWLEDGE SHARING BEHAVIOUR?

Fig. 1. A framework linking organizational knowledge skills to knowledge sharing.

Hypothesis 1: Organizational knowledge capabilities have a positive effect on the knowledge

sharing behaviour within an organization.

Hypothesis 1a: Cultural knowledge capabilities have a positive effect on the

knowledge sharing behaviour within an organization.

Hypothesis 1b: Structural knowledge capabilities have a positive effect on the

knowledge sharing behaviour within an organization.

Hypothesis 1c: Human knowledge capabilities have a positive effect on the

knowledge sharing behaviour within an organization.

Hypothesis 1d: Technical knowledge capabilities have a positive effect on the

knowledge sharing behaviour in an organization.

Hypothesis 2a: Firms which implement KM will be more participative in knowledge sharing
activities than firms which do not.

Hypothesis 2b: Firms which implement KM will be better in organizational knowledge

capabilities (cultural, structural, technical, and human) than firms which do not.
 THE IMPACT OF ORGANIZATIONAL KNOWLEDGE SKILLS TOWARDS
KNOWLEDGE SHARING BEHAVIOUR: A SOCIOTECHNICAL APPROACH

Fig. 1. A framework linking organizational knowledge skills to knowledge sharing behaviour.

Hypothesis 1: Organizational knowledge capabilities have a positive effect on the knowledge

sharing behaviour within an organization.

Hypothesis 1a: Cultural knowledge skills have a positive effect on the knowledge
sharing behaviour within an organization.

Hypothesis 1b: Structural knowledge skills have a positive effect on the knowledge
sharing behaviour within an organization.

Hypothesis 1c: Human knowledge skills have a positive effect on the knowledge
sharing behaviour within an organization.

Hypothesis 1d: Technical knowledge skills have a positive effect on the knowledge
sharing behaviour in an organization.

Hypothesis 2a: Organizations which implement KM will be more participative in knowledge

sharing activities than firms which do not.

Hypothesis 2b: Organizations which implement KM will be better in organizational

knowledge skills (cultural, structural, technical, and human) than firms which do not.