THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE SHARING AND NEGATIVE ATTITUDE AGAINST EMPLOYEE MONITORING

Cihan Tınaztepe – Funda Özer– Mehmet Kız YOZGAT; Cihan Tinaztepe; Funda Özer; Mehmet Kiziloğlu; Uğur Yozgat

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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE SHARING AND NEGATIVE ATTITUDE AGAINST EMPLOYEE MONITORING

Authors:

Cihan Tınaztepe – Funda Özer– Mehmet Kız YOZGAT | Cihan Tinaztepe | Funda Özer | Mehmet Kiziloğlu | Uğur Yozgat

Publisher:

İbrahim Güran YUMUŞAK

Main Topics:

Sociology and anthropology

Journal:

Journal of Knowlede Economy and Knowledge Management 2012 Vol.7 Issue 2, pp.93-102

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

11/2012

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000893735

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

eISSN:

1308-3937

Keywords:

Organizational Knowledge Sharing

Abstract:

 


 Knowledge sharing in an organization is an important part of knowledge management and its success
or failure will be directly related to how much knowledge could be used by employees. Unfortunately there are
some de-motivators in work environment that prevent employees to share knowledge with each others. This
paper intends to interrogate employee monitoring as one of the de-motivators of knowledge sharing in
organizations.
In an insecure work environment where employee behaviors are monitored employees may not intend to share
their knowledge with others because of confidentiality, job insecurity, mistrust. Therefore, the aim of this
research is to examine the relationship between organizational knowledge sharing and employee monitoring.
Employees who have negative attitude against employee monitoring complained that the implementation of
electronic monitoring in their workplace caused paced work, lack of involvement, reduced task variety and
clarity, reduced peer social support, reduced supervisory support, fear of job loss, routinized work activity, and
lack of control over tasks. It is assumed that there is a relationship between negative attitudes against employee
monitoring and knowledge sharing in organizations.
This empirical research is realized by surveying 122 employees in banking sector. In this study, with inspiration
taken from the related studies in literature, the relationship between two variables was tried to be identified by
conducting required statistical analysis of questionnaires applied to employees.

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 Knowledge sharing in an organization is an important part of knowledge management and its success
or failure will be directly related to how much knowledge could be used by employees. Unfortunately there are
some de-motivators in work environment that prevent employees to share knowledge with each others. This
paper intends to interrogate employee monitoring as one of the de-motivators of knowledge sharing in
organizations.
In an insecure work environment where employee behaviors are monitored employees may not intend to share
their knowledge with others because of confidentiality, job insecurity, mistrust. Therefore, the aim of this
research is to examine the relationship between organizational knowledge sharing and employee monitoring.
Employees who have negative attitude against employee monitoring complained that the implementation of
electronic monitoring in their workplace caused paced work, lack of involvement, reduced task variety and
clarity, reduced peer social support, reduced supervisory support, fear of job loss, routinized work activity, and
lack of control over tasks. It is assumed that there is a relationship between negative attitudes against employee
monitoring and knowledge sharing in organizations.
This empirical research is realized by surveying 122 employees in banking sector. In this study, with inspiration
taken from the related studies in literature, the relationship between two variables was tried to be identified by
conducting required statistical analysis of questionnaires applied to employees.

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Article Details

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE SHARING AND NEGATIVE ATTITUDE AGAINST EMPLOYEE MONITORING

Authors: Cihan Tınaztepe – Funda Özer– Mehmet Kız YOZGAT | Cihan Tinaztepe | Funda Özer | Mehmet Kiziloğlu | Uğur Yozgat

Publisher: İbrahim Güran YUMUŞAK

Main Topics: Sociology and anthropology

Journal: Journal of Knowlede Economy and Knowledge Management 2012 Vol.7 Issue 2, pp.93-102

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 11/2012

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000893735

Frequency: Bi-Annual

eISSN: 1308-3937

Organizational Knowledge Sharing

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Authors:

Cihan Tınaztepe – Funda Özer– Mehmet Kız YOZGAT | Cihan Tinaztepe | Funda Özer | Mehmet Kiziloğlu | Uğur Yozgat

Publisher:

İbrahim Güran YUMUŞAK

Main Topics:

Sociology and anthropology

Journal:

Journal of Knowlede Economy and Knowledge Management 2012 Vol.7 Issue 2, pp.93-102

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

11/2012

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000893735

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

eISSN:

1308-3937