The relationship among personality,job burnout and knowledge sharing behavior of the enterprise employees
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-6554.2011.08.018
- VernacularTitle:企业员工人格及职业倦怠对知识分享行为的影响
- Author:
Ning XU
;
Mingjie ZHOU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Big five personality;
Job burnout;
Knowledge sharing behavior
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2011;20(8):722-724
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To explore the relationship among personality,job burnout and knowledge sharing behavior of the enterprise employees.Methods The 44 items big five inventory(BFI) ,knowledge sharing inventory and job burnout inventory were administrated to 635 employees online.Results ( 1 ) Agreeableness had a significant main effect on knowledge sharing ( β =0.135, P<0.01); (2)Cynicism( β = -0.140, P<0.01) and reduced personal accomplishment( β = -0.125, P<0.01 ) had a significant effect on knowledge sharing behavior and its two dimensions; (3) Job burnout partially mediated the relationship between agreeableness and knowledge sharing behavior(P<0.01).Conclusion Enterprise employees' personality had different effects on knowledge sharing behavior,and job burnout was an important mediating role in the relationship above.