Impact of Organizational Trust and Empowering Leadership on Knowledge Sharing

Abstract

The rationale of this study is to examine the impact of organizational trust and empowering leadership on the knowledge sharing of employees in Pakistan .This study also explores the intervening role of organizational commitment and attitude of employees towards knowledge sharing. In this study the data is collected from many private and government organizations. Almost 170 questionnaires were filled by employees. Regression and correlation techniques are used to test the hypothesis. The results have shown that organizational trust and empowering leadership have direct and indirect impact on knowledge sharing. The sample size of this study and Pakistani context might border the generalizability of outcome. This research adds to the past research and gives better understanding of knowledge sharing in the context of Pakistan. Practically this work will help the organizations to understand how to enhance knowledge sharing in the work place for getting competitive advantage. In setting where employees have trust on each other and are led by empowering leadership, knowledge sharing will better.