Abstract:
Purpose The cause of the research was observed the motivational elements that influence
employee attitude and knowledge sharing intentions. Theory of reasoned action has used to
dictate roles of extrinsic motivation includes anticipated organizational rewards, reciprocal
benefits while ingrained motivation includes enjoyment of people in sharing their knowledge
with others and knowledge efficacy. The study aims to find out consequences of intrinsic and
extrinsic motivation on knowledge sharing behavior of employees with mediating effect that
employee’s attitudes around knowledge sharing will head to improve individual sharing
etiquette among employees of banking sector in Karachi.
Methodology & Design The research was an explanatory in nature. The primary
quantitative statistics were used well-constructed items and close ended questionnaire were
adapted. Convenience sampling approach was used to receive information from 386
respondents of various banks. For statistical analysis Pearson’s correlation and multi linear
regression were tested.
Findings The study has revealed that expected organizational rewards, enjoyment in helping
others and reciprocal benefits had significant impact employee sharing knowledge intentions.
However knowledge self-efficacy was found insignificant.
Practical Implications The reactions of this research will help organizations to grasp
importance of sharing knowledge. In addition, it provides knowledge about motivational
determinants which have positively contributed towards experiential employee knowledge
sharing intentions. To keep employees share their knowledge and expertise can lead
organizations towards success and satisfied organizations can use these determinants and
implicates in their organizations.
