The Effect of Knowledge Sharing on Affective Commitment: The Mediation Role of Competency Development of Gen Y Employees at PT PP (Persero), Tbk Head Office

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10.2991/icbmr-18.2019.18How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Gen Y, knowledge sharing, affective commitment, competency development, Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)

Abstract

Discussion related to affective commitment becomes one of the problems in human resource management. This study aims to explore the mediation role of competency development on the effect of knowledge sharing on affective commitment. The research uses a cross-sectional survey to collect primary data. A sample was obtained from Gen Y employees in PT PP (Persero), Tbk Head Office. In total, 152 people filled the questionnaires and all were usable. The research data was processed by using Lisrel 8.50 software with Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) technique. The results of this research indicate that knowledge sharing proved to have a significant effect on competency development, and also on affective commitment of the Gen Y employees in PT PP (Persero), Tbk Head Office. The more knowledge shared in the organization; the higher employee competencies will become. Additionally, competency development proved to significantly and positively mediate the influence of knowledge sharing on affective commitment This study contributes to literature regarding Gen Y's knowledge sharing, competency development and also affective commitment. However, this study was limited to the Gen Y employees in PT PP (Persero), Tbk Head Office. Therefore, researchers should test the research model further in several other construction service companies.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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