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Purpose: The aim of this research is to discover the impact of organizational justice on knowledge sharing among public librarians and employees of East Azerbaijan.
Methodology: This research is applied in terms of purpose and is a descriptive study of the correlation type with the statistical population of all employees of public libraries in East Azerbaijan province. A total of 201 of them were selected by relative random sampling method and were studied. Standard questionnaires of Dixon’s knowledge sharing and organizational justice were used to collect data. Data analysis was performed with descriptive statistics including dispersion and central indices such as mean, standard deviation, skewness, etc., along with analytical statistical tests such as Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and structural equation modeling.
Findings: The results showed that the average organizational justice is 2.76, distributive justice is 2.79, procedural justice is 2.70, and interactional justice is 2.79. The skewness and kurtosis indices are less than 1, indicating that the variable distribution does not differ significantly from the natural data distribution. On the other hand, the average knowledge sharing is 2.82, the minimum value is 0.1, and the maximum value is 0.4. Also, the average sequential knowledge is 2.85, explicit knowledge is 2.81, tacit knowledge is 2.70, strategic knowledge is 2.87, and expertise knowledge is 2.91. Ultimately, the findings related to the structural model showed that the theoretical model has a desirable fit with the measured model; because the model fit indices are generally in a desirable situation. In this regard, the research findings showed that the effect of organizational justice on sharing sequential knowledge, explicit knowledge, tacit knowledge, strategic knowledge, and expertise knowledge is significant. On the other hand, the effect of distributive justice on sharing sequential knowledge is not significant. The effect of distributive justice on explicit knowledge, tacit knowledge, strategic knowledge, and expertise knowledge is significant. Also, the effect of procedural justice on sharing sequential knowledge was not significant, while it is significant on explicit knowledge, tacit knowledge, strategic knowledge, and expertise knowledge. Finally, the effect of interactional justice on sharing sequential knowledge, explicit knowledge, tacit knowledge, strategic knowledge, and expertise knowledge is significant.
Originality/value: Originality/Value: In the present research, the average observance of various dimensions of organizational justice and also knowledge sharing from different approaches was calculated. Also, the study showed that there is a positive significant relationship between organizational justice, distributive justice, procedural and interactional justice, and knowledge sharing and components of sequential knowledge, explicit knowledge, tacit knowledge, strategic knowledge, and expertise knowledge among librarians of public libraries in East Azerbaijan; therefore, the fair and ethical behavior of senior officials of public libraries with librarians, which increases their sense of organizational justice, leads to knowledge sharing. Employees, with understanding of fair behavior and formal decision-making methods, will have more inclination to share knowledge in public libraries. In general, the study showed that interactional justice has a significant positive effect on knowledge sharing of librarians of public libraries in East Azerbaijan; but distributive justice and procedural justice do not have a significant effect on knowledge sharing of librarians of public libraries in East Azerbaijan. Therefore, comprehensive planning should be done to increase organizational justice and knowledge sharing. Because organizational justice and knowledge sharing, as an important necessity, are in the priority of the activities of the managers of organizations, including libraries and information centers.
Methodology: This research is applied in terms of purpose and is a descriptive study of the correlation type with the statistical population of all employees of public libraries in East Azerbaijan province. A total of 201 of them were selected by relative random sampling method and were studied. Standard questionnaires of Dixon’s knowledge sharing and organizational justice were used to collect data. Data analysis was performed with descriptive statistics including dispersion and central indices such as mean, standard deviation, skewness, etc., along with analytical statistical tests such as Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and structural equation modeling.
Findings: The results showed that the average organizational justice is 2.76, distributive justice is 2.79, procedural justice is 2.70, and interactional justice is 2.79. The skewness and kurtosis indices are less than 1, indicating that the variable distribution does not differ significantly from the natural data distribution. On the other hand, the average knowledge sharing is 2.82, the minimum value is 0.1, and the maximum value is 0.4. Also, the average sequential knowledge is 2.85, explicit knowledge is 2.81, tacit knowledge is 2.70, strategic knowledge is 2.87, and expertise knowledge is 2.91. Ultimately, the findings related to the structural model showed that the theoretical model has a desirable fit with the measured model; because the model fit indices are generally in a desirable situation. In this regard, the research findings showed that the effect of organizational justice on sharing sequential knowledge, explicit knowledge, tacit knowledge, strategic knowledge, and expertise knowledge is significant. On the other hand, the effect of distributive justice on sharing sequential knowledge is not significant. The effect of distributive justice on explicit knowledge, tacit knowledge, strategic knowledge, and expertise knowledge is significant. Also, the effect of procedural justice on sharing sequential knowledge was not significant, while it is significant on explicit knowledge, tacit knowledge, strategic knowledge, and expertise knowledge. Finally, the effect of interactional justice on sharing sequential knowledge, explicit knowledge, tacit knowledge, strategic knowledge, and expertise knowledge is significant.
Originality/value: Originality/Value: In the present research, the average observance of various dimensions of organizational justice and also knowledge sharing from different approaches was calculated. Also, the study showed that there is a positive significant relationship between organizational justice, distributive justice, procedural and interactional justice, and knowledge sharing and components of sequential knowledge, explicit knowledge, tacit knowledge, strategic knowledge, and expertise knowledge among librarians of public libraries in East Azerbaijan; therefore, the fair and ethical behavior of senior officials of public libraries with librarians, which increases their sense of organizational justice, leads to knowledge sharing. Employees, with understanding of fair behavior and formal decision-making methods, will have more inclination to share knowledge in public libraries. In general, the study showed that interactional justice has a significant positive effect on knowledge sharing of librarians of public libraries in East Azerbaijan; but distributive justice and procedural justice do not have a significant effect on knowledge sharing of librarians of public libraries in East Azerbaijan. Therefore, comprehensive planning should be done to increase organizational justice and knowledge sharing. Because organizational justice and knowledge sharing, as an important necessity, are in the priority of the activities of the managers of organizations, including libraries and information centers.
Type of Study: quantitative |
Subject:
Information Management and Knowledge Management
Received: 2023/07/24 | Accepted: 2024/04/19
Received: 2023/07/24 | Accepted: 2024/04/19
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