Examining the Relationship between Perception of Politics, Coworker Incivility, Job Stress and Knowledge Hiding behavior in Educational Settings

Abstract

Researchers have recently become quite interested in the knowledge-hiding behaviors of employees. Therefore, the study aims to examine the effects of perception of organizational politics, coworkers’ incivility on knowledge hiding behavior of employ with moderating role of job stress. The researcher adopted a cross sectional research design to collect data from the education sector employees of Islamabad and Rawalpindi regions by using purposive sampling technique. Data was analyzed through SPSS 24. The findings confirmed the effects of perception of organizational politics, coworkers’ incivility on knowledge-hiding behaviors. Furthermore, the finding also confirmed the moderating effect of job stress on the relationship perception of organizational politics, coworkers’ incivility on knowledge-hiding behaviors.