Abstract
Increasingly it is recognized that in the software industry, knowledge hiding can cause
serious economic losses to organizations. This study seeks to find the relationship
between organizational culture and knowledge hiding. We further focused on the
mediating role of workplace ostracism and workplace incivility with the help of various
theories in the link between organizational culture and knowledge hiding which are also
the antecedents of knowledge hiding. Background of knowledge hiding is still not
extensively explored in previous studies yet and this research focused keenly on it. The
sample size of the study consists of 300 employees working in three software houses of
Pakistan as well as structural equation modeling was used with cross-sectional deductive
positivist approach, whereas research design was explanatory and descriptive in nature.
We found that organizational culture has a significant relationship with knowledge hiding
and additionally, workplace ostracism and workplace incivility as mediators created
positive channels between organizational culture and knowledge hiding. However
workplace ostracism and workplace incivility partially mediate in this study
Mahira Shah, Maryam Saeed Hashmi. (2019) Relationship between Organizational Culture and Knowledge Hiding in Software Industry: Mediating Role of Workplace Ostracism and Workplace Incivility, Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences, Volume 13, Issue 4.
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