Effects of Organizational Factors on Knowledge Sharing

A Systematic Review of Empirical Studies

Abstract

In organizations, knowledge sharing is a major source of innovation, performance, success, and goal achievement. This review-based study aims to extract the determinants of knowledge sharing from previously conducted studies. It also explores the organizational factors that have been most emphasized in studies on knowledge sharing. Following inclusion and exclusion criteria, fifty-four studies were selected for review and analysis to achieve the study objectives. Organizational culture, organizational support, organizational commitment, and organizational rewards are identified as highly important factors, while relationships, organizational justice, organizational trust, organizational leadership, and organizational climate are found to be very important factors. Additionally, some organizational factors are identified as quite important, somewhat important, and less important or ignored factors in the realm of knowledge sharing. Iran emerges as a productive country for producing research on knowledge sharing, with staff members/employees being a prolific population, and academia being a prolific discipline/site. This study will provide guidance to researchers on lesser-explored or ignored organizational variables to consider in their research on knowledge sharing.