IMPACT OF INTERPERSONAL TRUST, TEAM LEADER SUPPORT AND REWARDS ON KNOWLEDGE SHARING

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of interpersonal trust, team leader support and Rewards system on knowledge sharing among three different organizations in Karachi. Methodology/Sample: A structured questionnaire was distributed to 432 employees working in three different food companies in Karachi. Data was analyzed by Correlation and Multiple Regression Analysis along with the use of non-probability convenience sampling as a sampling technique. Findings: The analysis shows that the interpersonal trust and Rewards influences the knowledge sharing process in organization. Higher the amount of interpersonal trust and Rewards, higher will be the knowledge sharing in organization. However team leader support turn out to be the non-influential or very low influential factor for knowledge sharing. Research Limitations/ Implications: Like many other studies this research has some limitation. The study is conducted only in city Karachi in which we need to manage prevailing dynamic environment plus we were allotted with only 15 days for this data collection process , due to time constraints this study was limited towards food industry only. Overall we have four months to submit our research work and we did not have much resource to examine each variable in more detailed and particular manner.