Positive emotion and social capital affect knowledge sharing: Case of the public sector of the Kingdom of Bahrain

Abstract

Many scholars attempted to describe one or more of the following three: Positive emotion (PE), social capital (SC) and knowledge sharing (KS). However, only a few researches have tried to discover a relationship that links the three domains. Numerous studies have asserted that PE in SC environments, particularly in virtual reality group’ formation would stimulate a KS behavior. Whereas, another domain is tackled in this study; the holistic view of these three variables. Scholars have long believed that the existence of a KS culture facilitated by SC and PE. Thus, career progression. This empirical research; conducted on a number of selected public sector organizations in the Kingdom of Bahrain has proved the existence of a positive relationship between the Three tested domains. There was no clear evidence that this relationship existed in the virtual level community. As a result linear regression analysis was applied to assess the relationship between the three domains of this study. The findings led to a modified conceptual model viable for practical implications.