Middle managers, their organization and knowledge sharing: Examination of knowledge sharing maturity

Authors

  • Lajos Szabó University of Pannonia, Department of Management, H-8200, Veszprém, Egyetem utca 10, Hungary
  • Anikó Csepregi University of Pannonia, Department of Management, H-8200, Veszprém, Egyetem utca 10, Hungary

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24297/jssr.v7i1.3510

Keywords:

knowledge sharing, maturity, middle manager, individual, organization

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to highlight the role of middle managers in the knowledge sharing process by presenting the results of a survey aiming to reveal the elements of middle managers knowledge sharing maturity and individual and organizational characteristics affecting them. The paper is based on quantitative research. The data were gathered through questionnaires. Based on 400 usable survey responses, the authors applied principal component analysis, decision tree, analysis of variance, and post-hoc test to reveal the elements of middle managers knowledge sharing maturity and the differences individual and organizational characteristics result in them. The study results indicate that middle managers knowledge sharing maturity is measured with four elements and based on individual and organizational characteristics there are differences in certain elements. The originality of the paper is that past research did not investigate middle managers or their knowledge sharing maturity, only focused on the organizational level of knowledge management maturity. The effect of individual and organizational characteristics on knowledge sharing maturity has not been investigated either. This paper focuses on these aspects. The results of the survey could help not only middle managers, but top managers and other employees as well in learning how to foster knowledge sharing.

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Author Biographies

Lajos Szabó, University of Pannonia, Department of Management, H-8200, Veszprém, Egyetem utca 10, Hungary

Lajos Szabó is an Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Management and at the University of Pannonia. He was educated at the University of Veszprém and at the Eni Scuola Superiore Enrico Mattei in Italy. He received his PhD in Strategic Management. He is founder member of the Hungarian Project Management Association, and the co-director of the Strategic Research Group at the University of Pannonia. He has published numerous articles and presented his work at national and international conferences. His main fields of interest include intercultural, project and knowledge management.

Anikó Csepregi, University of Pannonia, Department of Management, H-8200, Veszprém, Egyetem utca 10, Hungary

Anikó Csepregi is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Management, Faculty of Business and Economics, at the University of Pannonia in Veszprém. Her research interests are competence, knowledge and project management. She has presented several papers at conferences in Hungary and abroad, and she has authored and co-authored several articles in these areas. She is an editorial board member of knowledge management journals and a committee member of international knowledge management conferences.

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Published

2015-03-04

How to Cite

Szabó, L., & Csepregi, A. (2015). Middle managers, their organization and knowledge sharing: Examination of knowledge sharing maturity. JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH, 7(1), 1192–1205. https://doi.org/10.24297/jssr.v7i1.3510

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