The relationship among personality,job burnout and knowledge sharing behavior of the enterprise employees

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
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.