The role of affective commitment in promoting knowledge sharing in Zimbabwean higher education
Purpose: This study explores the effect of affective commitment on knowledge-sharing behaviour (KSB), highlighting the role of positive and negative affect (emotions) in shaping this relationship in higher educational institutions. A robust knowledge-sharing environment fosters decent work encouragi...
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| description | Purpose: This study explores the effect of affective commitment on knowledge-sharing behaviour (KSB), highlighting the role of positive and negative affect (emotions) in shaping this relationship in higher educational institutions. A robust knowledge-sharing environment fosters decent work encouraging institutional members to collaborate and share knowledge for mutual success.
Design/methodology/approach: The study employed a cross-sectional design, with cluster sampling encompassing five universities in Zimbabwe. Data were collected via an electronic questionnaire distributed to academic staff, ensuring convenience and minimising response bias. A cover page provided a debriefing on the study’s purpose.
Findings/results: Statistical findings show a significant relationship between affect and knowledge sharing. They also affirm a positive correlation between high affective commitment and elevated KSB.
Practical implications: The study advises practitioners and managers of higher educational institutions to foster KSB through sustainable decent work, which encompasses worker rights, better working conditions and increased skill development. Encouraging emotional bonds, staff welfare and recognition of knowledge as intellectual capital are crucial for organisational success.
Originality/value: The study seeks to enhance KSB literature by adding affect and affective commitment as new variables. Additionally, it explores the impact of affective commitment on knowledge sharing within higher educational institutions, particularly in the context of Zimbabwe, a non-Western, sub-Saharan country, thereby laying a foundation for future research that examines cultural differences in similar variables. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-672dc2f671d04e2f82ed4e3aadd2fa702025-08-20T02:56:15ZengAOSISSouth African Journal of Business Management2078-55852078-59762025-04-01561e1e1110.4102/sajbm.v56i1.46901441The role of affective commitment in promoting knowledge sharing in Zimbabwean higher educationAudrey Dumbura0Serife Eyupoglu1Department of Innovation and Knowledge Management, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Near East University, LefkosaDepartment of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Near East University, LefkosaPurpose: This study explores the effect of affective commitment on knowledge-sharing behaviour (KSB), highlighting the role of positive and negative affect (emotions) in shaping this relationship in higher educational institutions. A robust knowledge-sharing environment fosters decent work encouraging institutional members to collaborate and share knowledge for mutual success. Design/methodology/approach: The study employed a cross-sectional design, with cluster sampling encompassing five universities in Zimbabwe. Data were collected via an electronic questionnaire distributed to academic staff, ensuring convenience and minimising response bias. A cover page provided a debriefing on the study’s purpose. Findings/results: Statistical findings show a significant relationship between affect and knowledge sharing. They also affirm a positive correlation between high affective commitment and elevated KSB. Practical implications: The study advises practitioners and managers of higher educational institutions to foster KSB through sustainable decent work, which encompasses worker rights, better working conditions and increased skill development. Encouraging emotional bonds, staff welfare and recognition of knowledge as intellectual capital are crucial for organisational success. Originality/value: The study seeks to enhance KSB literature by adding affect and affective commitment as new variables. Additionally, it explores the impact of affective commitment on knowledge sharing within higher educational institutions, particularly in the context of Zimbabwe, a non-Western, sub-Saharan country, thereby laying a foundation for future research that examines cultural differences in similar variables.https://sajbm.org/index.php/sajbm/article/view/4690positive affectnegative affectaffective commitmentknowledge sharingdecent worksustainable educationcognitive behavioural theoryhigher educational institutions |
| spellingShingle | Audrey Dumbura Serife Eyupoglu The role of affective commitment in promoting knowledge sharing in Zimbabwean higher education South African Journal of Business Management positive affect negative affect affective commitment knowledge sharing decent work sustainable education cognitive behavioural theory higher educational institutions |
| title | The role of affective commitment in promoting knowledge sharing in Zimbabwean higher education |
| title_full | The role of affective commitment in promoting knowledge sharing in Zimbabwean higher education |
| title_fullStr | The role of affective commitment in promoting knowledge sharing in Zimbabwean higher education |
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| title_short | The role of affective commitment in promoting knowledge sharing in Zimbabwean higher education |
| title_sort | role of affective commitment in promoting knowledge sharing in zimbabwean higher education |
| topic | positive affect negative affect affective commitment knowledge sharing decent work sustainable education cognitive behavioural theory higher educational institutions |
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