Psychological Capital as Mediator in Relationship among Organizational Socialization, Knowledge Integration and Sharing

Author

Yang Jian ; Lan Hanling

Author_Institution

Sch. of Bus. Adm., South China Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Guangzhou, China

fYear

2009

fDate

20-22 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This study focuses on the role of psychological capital, within the relationship among organizational socialization, knowledge integration and knowledge sharing. We developed a model in which psychological capital mediated between organizational socialization, knowledge integration and knowledge sharing. Our sample comprised 189 employees from south of China. Our research results showed that psychological capital fully mediated between organizational socialization and knowledge sharing as well as knowledge integration. Implicating for the theory and practice of results are discussed, and future research directions offered.

Keywords

knowledge management; organisational aspects; knowledge integration; knowledge sharing; organizational socialization; psychological capital; Connectors; Employment; Floods; Human resource management; Hydrogen; Knowledge management; Management training; Probes; Psychology; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Management and Service Science, 2009. MASS '09. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wuhan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4638-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4639-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMSS.2009.5303530

Filename

5303530