Cultural Antecedence of Knowledge Sharing and Organizational Performance

Abstract

The central issue in this research is how voluntary solidarity and reciprocal interaction improves organizational performance through the support of knowledge sharing culture. The population in this study was private Universities’ (PTS) lecturers at Semarang which was selected as group random sample. The data was collected through the questionnaires of 241 respondents. The data was analyzed using structural equation model (SEM) with AMOS 19.00 system. The study shows that (1) the voluntary solidarity gave positive influence on knowledge sharing culture, (2) reciprocal interaction brought positive and significant effect on knowledge sharing culture, (3) voluntary solidarity brought positive and significant effect on the organizational performance, (4) reciprocal interaction dimension had positive and significant effect on organizational performance, (5) knowledge sharing culture brought positive and significant effect on the organizational performance.