Impact of Psychological Contract on Knowledge Sharing in the Banking Organizations

Abstract

Knowledge is the most valuable asset embedded in process of organizations and it is
the pivotal source of competitive edge. The aim of this study to measures the impacts of
psychological contracts on knowledge sharing in banking organizations. The current
study used a cross-sectional research design and included 200 two hundred (N=200)
bankers by using convenient sampling from banking employees of commercial banks. A
pre validated questionnaire is used to collect data and to explore the impact of
psychological contract on knowledge sharing in banking system. The data was collected
from commercial banks including financial and microfinance bank branches of
Southern Punjab, Pakistan. The current study used analysis methods ranging from
descriptive statistics, reliability test, and correlation analysis to advanced Structural
Equation Modeling (SEM) data analyzed SPSS-20 and AMOS used on methodological
grounds. The study results show that the psychological contract is positively and
significantly (P<.05) related to knowledge sharing. In this study, “psychological
contracts” which has been impacted on the knowledge sharing inside and beyond the
organizations. The psychological contract that raises members beyond their duties
informal job specification.