Purpose

Drawing on the microfoundations theory and rational choice sociology, this study aims to investigate knowledge-sharing microfoundations through knowledge sabotage behaviours in the workplace. As such, it aims to shed light on the adverse impact of knowledge sabotage on a knowledge-sharing climate.

Design/methodology/approach

As a quantitative deductive study, it is based on information collected from 329 employees of European companies by self-administered online surveys. Data validity and reliability has been assessed through a confirmatory factor analysis, and data analysis was carried out by using a covariance-based structural equation modelling technique.

Findings

The findings from the empirical investigation supported the baseline hypotheses of the multilevel conceptual model, which is the positive relationship between organizational trust and environmental knowledge sharing. Then, recurring to a microfoundational exploration, this study supports the mediating indirect effect of job satisfaction and knowledge sabotage in affecting knowledge sharing as a social outcome.

Research limitations/implications

This study concurs to broaden knowledge-sharing awareness among scholars and practitioners, by focusing on knowledge sabotage as its most pernicious counterproductive behaviour. Furthermore, this research provides valuable guidance for the future development of research based on multilevel investigations.

Originality/value

This study builds on the need to explore the numerous factors that affect knowledge sharing in economic organizations, specifically focusing on knowledge sabotage. Adapting Coleman’s bathtub, the authors advance the first multilevel conceptual model used to unveil the knowledge-sharing microfoundations from the perspective of a counterproductive knowledge behaviour.

中文翻译：

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在破坏的阴影下建立知识共享氛围：工作满意度和知识破坏的微观基础视角

目的

本研究借鉴微观基础理论和理性选择社会学，旨在通过工作场所的知识破坏行为来调查知识共享的微观基础。因此，它的目的是揭示知识破坏对知识共享氛围的不利影响。

设计/方法论/途径

作为一项定量演绎研究，它基于通过自我管理的在线调查从欧洲公司的 329 名员工收集的信息。通过验证性因素分析评估数据的有效性和可靠性，并使用基于协方差的结构方程建模技术进行数据分析。

发现

实证调查的结果支持了多层次概念模型的基线假设，即组织信任与环境知识共享之间的正相关关系。然后，再次进行微观基础探索，本研究支持工作满意度和知识破坏在影响知识共享作为社会结果方面的间接中介作用。

研究局限性/影响

本研究将知识破坏视为最有害的适得其反的行为，旨在扩大学者和从业者之间的知识共享意识。此外，这项研究为基于多层次调查的研究的未来发展提供了宝贵的指导。

原创性/价值

本研究基于探索影响经济组织知识共享的众多因素的需要，特别关注知识破坏。作者采用科尔曼的浴缸，提出了第一个多层次概念模型，用于从适得其反的知识行为的角度揭示知识共享的微观基础。