Workplace Ostracism and Knowledge Sharing in Projectized Organizations of Pakistan

Abstract

The study aims to find the relationship between ostracism and knowledge sharing in the context of a varied environment of Pakistani projectized organizations by examining the moderating role of willpower and way-power and by considering trust as a mediating factor for ostracism. By choosing a cross-sectional time frame, data was collected from 162 employees of Pakistan-based projectized organizations. As predicted, it is discovered that a negative connection between ostracism and knowledge sharing and a positive ostracism mediating impact of trust exists. However, the results in the case of moderating factors are different. This study concludes that there is no effect of willpower and way power on the relationship of ostracism and knowledge sharing. This study will add to the current literature by firstly enhancing the concept of knowledge sharing by identifying workplace ostracism leading to knowledge sharing. Furthermore, by analyzing the effect of trust on ostracism and the relationship between ostracism and knowledge sharing.