Influencing Mechanism of Justice Sensitivity on Knowledge Hiding in the Chinese Context
Good knowledge management is important for enterprises to maintain competitive advantage; however, the knowledge hiding behavior may hinder this process. Based on the conservation of resources and psychological ownership theories, using a chain intermediary model, this study investigates the effect...
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| author | Zhang Jin-song Huang Hua Ruan Dan-yang Jin Ya-nan Jin Ya-nan |
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| description | Good knowledge management is important for enterprises to maintain competitive advantage; however, the knowledge hiding behavior may hinder this process. Based on the conservation of resources and psychological ownership theories, using a chain intermediary model, this study investigates the effect of justice sensitivity on knowledge hiding through perceived time pressure and territoriality, and further tests the moderating role of territoriality. For the study, we collected 436 questionnaires from China through the Wenjuanxing Sample Service, of which 391 were valid. We then conducted multiple regression analysis and employed the bootstrap method for our tests. The results show that victim sensitivity has a significant effect on perceived time pressure, territoriality, and knowledge hiding, and that a chain mediating effect of perceived time pressure and territoriality is established between justice sensitivity and knowledge hiding. Further, territoriality has a positive moderating effect on perceived time pressure and knowledge hiding, while the mediating effect of perceived time pressure on justice sensitivity and knowledge hiding is also moderated by territoriality. Further, the study offers important practical implications in that enterprises should not blindly pursue results by making employees work excessively overtime. And there should have rationalized regulations in organization to ensure justice. The management should pay close attention to the psychological problems of victim and perpetrator. Instead, enterprises should have a certain degree of control, offer rationales for overtime work, and give high wages to the employees to compensate for their time, thus making the employees feel the worthiness of their overtime work and reducing the probability of engaging in knowledge hiding behaviors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a1dbe6dadc1643acaf04e229ea5cb0582022-12-22T01:30:26ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-02-011210.3389/fpsyg.2021.802171802171Influencing Mechanism of Justice Sensitivity on Knowledge Hiding in the Chinese ContextZhang Jin-song0Huang Hua1Ruan Dan-yang2Jin Ya-nan3Jin Ya-nan4School of Management, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan, ChinaSchool of Business Administration, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, ChinaSchool of Management, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan, ChinaSchool of Management, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan, ChinaClean Production Research Center in Wuhan Optical Valley and the Soft Science Research Base of Low-Carbon Development and Cleaner Production, Wuhan, ChinaGood knowledge management is important for enterprises to maintain competitive advantage; however, the knowledge hiding behavior may hinder this process. Based on the conservation of resources and psychological ownership theories, using a chain intermediary model, this study investigates the effect of justice sensitivity on knowledge hiding through perceived time pressure and territoriality, and further tests the moderating role of territoriality. For the study, we collected 436 questionnaires from China through the Wenjuanxing Sample Service, of which 391 were valid. We then conducted multiple regression analysis and employed the bootstrap method for our tests. The results show that victim sensitivity has a significant effect on perceived time pressure, territoriality, and knowledge hiding, and that a chain mediating effect of perceived time pressure and territoriality is established between justice sensitivity and knowledge hiding. Further, territoriality has a positive moderating effect on perceived time pressure and knowledge hiding, while the mediating effect of perceived time pressure on justice sensitivity and knowledge hiding is also moderated by territoriality. Further, the study offers important practical implications in that enterprises should not blindly pursue results by making employees work excessively overtime. And there should have rationalized regulations in organization to ensure justice. The management should pay close attention to the psychological problems of victim and perpetrator. Instead, enterprises should have a certain degree of control, offer rationales for overtime work, and give high wages to the employees to compensate for their time, thus making the employees feel the worthiness of their overtime work and reducing the probability of engaging in knowledge hiding behaviors.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.802171/fullperpetrator sensitivityvictim sensitivityterritorialityperceived time pressureknowledge hiding |
| spellingShingle | Zhang Jin-song Huang Hua Ruan Dan-yang Jin Ya-nan Jin Ya-nan Influencing Mechanism of Justice Sensitivity on Knowledge Hiding in the Chinese Context Frontiers in Psychology perpetrator sensitivity victim sensitivity territoriality perceived time pressure knowledge hiding |
| title | Influencing Mechanism of Justice Sensitivity on Knowledge Hiding in the Chinese Context |
| title_full | Influencing Mechanism of Justice Sensitivity on Knowledge Hiding in the Chinese Context |
| title_fullStr | Influencing Mechanism of Justice Sensitivity on Knowledge Hiding in the Chinese Context |
| title_full_unstemmed | Influencing Mechanism of Justice Sensitivity on Knowledge Hiding in the Chinese Context |
| title_short | Influencing Mechanism of Justice Sensitivity on Knowledge Hiding in the Chinese Context |
| title_sort | influencing mechanism of justice sensitivity on knowledge hiding in the chinese context |
| topic | perpetrator sensitivity victim sensitivity territoriality perceived time pressure knowledge hiding |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.802171/full |
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