Impact of motivational factors on knowledge sharing behaviour of managers in Ready Made Garments (RMG) Industry of Bangladesh

The study aimed to examine the impact of motivational factors on the knowledge sharing behaviour of managers in the Ready-Made Garments (RMG) industry of Bangladesh. Everyone has knowledge and can be part of knowledge sharing specially in organizations where employees need knowledge from the seniors...

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Main Authors: Islam, Md Asadul, Jantan, Amer Hamzah, Md Khan, Arif, Rahman, Md Habibur, Monshi, Osman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academy of Business and Retail Management (ABRM) 2018
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74572/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74572/1/Impact%20of%20motivational%20factors%20on%20knowledge%20sharing%20behaviour%20of.pdf
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author Islam, Md Asadul
Jantan, Amer Hamzah
Md Khan, Arif
Rahman, Md Habibur
Monshi, Osman
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Jantan, Amer Hamzah
Md Khan, Arif
Rahman, Md Habibur
Monshi, Osman
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description The study aimed to examine the impact of motivational factors on the knowledge sharing behaviour of managers in the Ready-Made Garments (RMG) industry of Bangladesh. Everyone has knowledge and can be part of knowledge sharing specially in organizations where employees need knowledge from the seniors or other personnel to perform better. However, barriers in the knowledge sharing process are common while some motivators could be effective to overcome those barriers and motivate individuals to share their knowledge with others in the organisations. This study integrates motivational perspectives into the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) to examine the impact of both intrinsic and extrinsic motivators on managers’ knowledge sharing behaviour in selected organisational contexts. The study used a quantitative strategy and a cross- sectional survey method for data collection from 110 respondents comprising general managers, product managers, shift managers, quality managers and line managers from randomly selected top 30 RMG organizations in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The results showed that among the selected motivational factors, enjoyment in helping others was highly associated with knowledge sharing behaviour of managers in RMG organizations. However, expected organizational rewards, reciprocal benefits and knowledge self-efficacy have a moderate level of impact on managers’ knowledge sharing behaviour.
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spelling upm-745722019-12-05T13:34:29Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74572/ Impact of motivational factors on knowledge sharing behaviour of managers in Ready Made Garments (RMG) Industry of Bangladesh Islam, Md Asadul Jantan, Amer Hamzah Md Khan, Arif Rahman, Md Habibur Monshi, Osman The study aimed to examine the impact of motivational factors on the knowledge sharing behaviour of managers in the Ready-Made Garments (RMG) industry of Bangladesh. Everyone has knowledge and can be part of knowledge sharing specially in organizations where employees need knowledge from the seniors or other personnel to perform better. However, barriers in the knowledge sharing process are common while some motivators could be effective to overcome those barriers and motivate individuals to share their knowledge with others in the organisations. This study integrates motivational perspectives into the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) to examine the impact of both intrinsic and extrinsic motivators on managers’ knowledge sharing behaviour in selected organisational contexts. The study used a quantitative strategy and a cross- sectional survey method for data collection from 110 respondents comprising general managers, product managers, shift managers, quality managers and line managers from randomly selected top 30 RMG organizations in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The results showed that among the selected motivational factors, enjoyment in helping others was highly associated with knowledge sharing behaviour of managers in RMG organizations. However, expected organizational rewards, reciprocal benefits and knowledge self-efficacy have a moderate level of impact on managers’ knowledge sharing behaviour. Academy of Business and Retail Management (ABRM) 2018-10 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74572/1/Impact%20of%20motivational%20factors%20on%20knowledge%20sharing%20behaviour%20of.pdf Islam, Md Asadul and Jantan, Amer Hamzah and Md Khan, Arif and Rahman, Md Habibur and Monshi, Osman (2018) Impact of motivational factors on knowledge sharing behaviour of managers in Ready Made Garments (RMG) Industry of Bangladesh. Journal of Business and Retail Management Research, 13 (1). 179 - 189. ISSN 1751-8202 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3419439
spellingShingle Islam, Md Asadul
Jantan, Amer Hamzah
Md Khan, Arif
Rahman, Md Habibur
Monshi, Osman
Impact of motivational factors on knowledge sharing behaviour of managers in Ready Made Garments (RMG) Industry of Bangladesh
title Impact of motivational factors on knowledge sharing behaviour of managers in Ready Made Garments (RMG) Industry of Bangladesh
title_full Impact of motivational factors on knowledge sharing behaviour of managers in Ready Made Garments (RMG) Industry of Bangladesh
title_fullStr Impact of motivational factors on knowledge sharing behaviour of managers in Ready Made Garments (RMG) Industry of Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Impact of motivational factors on knowledge sharing behaviour of managers in Ready Made Garments (RMG) Industry of Bangladesh
title_short Impact of motivational factors on knowledge sharing behaviour of managers in Ready Made Garments (RMG) Industry of Bangladesh
title_sort impact of motivational factors on knowledge sharing behaviour of managers in ready made garments (rmg) industry of bangladesh
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74572/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74572/1/Impact%20of%20motivational%20factors%20on%20knowledge%20sharing%20behaviour%20of.pdf