Eréndira Fierro Moreno

Organizational Performance:: the mediating effect of the knowledge sharing

The aim of this scientific paper is to determine the extent to which knowledge sharing mediates the relationship between knowledge donating and organizational performance. Based on literature review and relying on the theoretical perspective “Knowledge Based View” the research hypotheses were formulated. Through a transactional study and with Mexican organizations of the Public sector through the perception of 239 public servants the hypotheses were supported. A multivariate analysis (SEM) was performed. The results of this research confirm that knowledge collecting influences knowledge sharing only when it is related to knowledge donating, and confirm that knowledge sharing is a mediating variable between knowledge donating and organizational performance. This research leads us to prove that in the public sector organizations the strategic direction of organizations must be reoriented towards their internal resources as the source of organizational effectiveness.espanolThe aim of this scientific paper is to determine the extent to which knowledge sharing mediates the relationship between knowledge donating and organizational performance. Based on literature review and relying on the theoretical perspective “Knowledge Based View” the research hypotheses were formulated. Through a transactional study and with Mexican organizations of the Public sector through the perception of 239 public servants the hypotheses were supported. A multivariate analysis (SEM) was performed. The results of this research confirm that knowledge collecting influences knowledge sharing only when it is related to knowledge donating, and confirm that knowledge sharing is a mediating variable between knowledge donating and organizational performance. This research leads us to prove that in the public sector organizations the strategic direction of organizations must be reoriented towards their internal resources as the source of organizational effectiveness. EnglishEl objetivo de este articulo cientifico es determinar en que medida el intercambio de conocimiento media la relacion entre la donacion del conocimiento y el desempeno organizacional. Con base en la revision de literatura y confiando en lo establecido por la perspectiva teorica del Recurso Basado en el Conocimiento se formularon las hipotesis de investigacion. A traves de un estudio transeccional y con organizaciones mexicanas del sector publico mediante la percepcion de 239 servidores publicos se soportaron las hipotesis planteadas. Se realizo un analisis multivariante (SEM). Los resultados de esta investigacion confirman que la recoleccion del conocimiento influye en el intercambio de conocimiento solamente cuando se relaciona con la donacion de conocimiento; ademas de que el intercambio de conocimiento es una variable mediadora entre la donacion del conocimiento y el desempeno organizacional. Esta investigacion nos lleva a demostrar que en las organizaciones del sector publico la direccion estrategica de las organizaciones debe ser reorientada hacia sus recursos internos como fuente de eficacia organizacional.