EFFECT OF HR DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON EMPLOYEE KNOWLEDGE SHARING: EXAMINING THE MEDIATING ROLE OF TRUST ON LEADERSHIP AND MODERATING ROLE OF COOPERATIVE NORMS

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Volume 12 Issue 1 2016

Author(s):

Irfan Raza
Department of Computer Science, National University of Modern Languages-NUML, Islamabad, Pakistan.
iraza@numl.edu.pk

Fouzia Tariq
Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.
fouzia.tariq@nadra.gov.pk

Abstract This study was aimed at exploring the effect of HR diversity management practices on employees’ knowledge sharing with mediating role of trust on leadership and moderating role of cooperative norms. A Quantitative-method research design was conducted in the study and data was collected from 4 large organizations of Pakistan for analysis. A convenient sampling technique was applied and the sample size for the study was 256. Thirty-six Likert-type questions were used to collect responses with á = 0.853. Findings: The results demonstrate that HR diversity management has a significant positive effect on employee knowledge sharing. Trust in leadership has a mediating role between HR diversity management and knowledge sharing. Findings also show that cooperative norms have a moderating role between HR diversity management and knowledge sharing; cooperative norms also moderate the relationship of trust on leadership and employee knowledge sharing. Practical Implications: There are significant academic and practical implications that are briefly described in the last part of the study.
Keywords HR Diversity Management, Trust on Leadership, Cooperative Norms, Knowledge Sharing.
Year 2016
Volume 12
Issue 1
Type Full Length Paper
Recognized by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, HEC
Category "Y"
Journal Name IBT Journal of Business Studies
Publisher Name ILMA University
Jel Classification O15, D83
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.46745/ilma.jbs.2016.12.01.01
ISSN no (E, Electronic) 2409-6520
ISSN no (P, Print) 2416-8393
Country Pakistan
City Karachi
Institution Type University
Journal Type Open Access
Type of Review Double Blind Peer Reviewed
Format PDF
Paper Link http://ibtjbs.ilmauniversity.edu.pk/journal/jbs/12.1/1.pdf
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