The Implications of Perceived Organizational Politics for Knowledge Sharing: Tenure as A Catalyst

Abstract

This research was aimed to analyze the relationships among the perception of organizational politics, knowledge sharing behavior, and tenure. The empirical examination of the hypothesis relied on survey data collected from the employees working in higher educational institutions. The results revealed that the relationship between perception of organizational politics and knowledge sharing behavior was significantly negative, and relationship between tenure and knowledge sharing behavior was not significant. However, tenure significantly moderated the relationship between the perception of organizational politics and knowledge sharing behavior such that the negative relationship was stronger for those with high tenure and weaker for those with low tenure.