Sharing through Commitment: Organizational Justice and Trust as Antecedents of Knowledge Sharing between IT Professionals

Knowledge sharing is an important process in modern organizations, as successful knowledge sharing can result in shared intellectual capital, an increasingly important resource. In this paper, we study the influence of distinction is made between knowledge sharing self-efficacy and knowledge sharing intention. Based on relevant literature, we hypothesize that commitment, self-efficacy are both positively related to knowledge sharing intention. Organizational commitment as a mediator, we also hypothesize that organizational justice and trust positively influences commitment. Well-known and widely publicized findings from the literature are logically turned into hypotheses, proved or rejected through a well-constructed survey among 252 IT professionals. Our conclusion is that organizational justice and perceived trust are antecedents of organizational commitment, and that such commitment, in turn, influences the confidence and willingness to share knowledge. The results suggest the need for consideration of commitment as a mediator when encouraging individual to share knowledge.