دانلود رایگان مقاله انگلیسی اثر اشتراک دانش، تطبیق یادگیری و تعهد سازمانی بر ظرفیت جذب در شرکت های دارویی مستقر در پاکستان - امرالد 2017

Introduction

Knowledge is considered the most important component of any organization, irrespective of the type of organization, their knowledge structures, the type of Processes and the type of the products they are producing (Nonaka, 1994). In the view point of resource based theory, knowledge is created inside the boundaries of the organization; therefore, Organizations focus on the value of their knowledge created by them inside their boundaries. They make it unique so that they are able to make their products significantly different from their competitors. Further, they apply their knowledge which they have created by them in such a manner that it becomes difficult for their competitors to copy it for their processes. In this way they make their knowledge a non-substitutable component of their organizations (Grant, 1991; Hitt et al, 2016; Nonaka,1991).

Conclusion and Recommendations

Although emerging concept of Absorptive Capacity has been studied in different perspectives starting from defining the basic concepts to the formulation of strategies for organizations based on Absorptive Capacity, the key human behavior related to KS, ADAPT and OC have been ignored in the literature of absorptive capacity studies despite giving their prime importance in original study of Absorptive Capacity by Cohen and Levinthal (1990). In this study we have incorporated these human behaviors critical to enhance Absorptive Capacity. We have developed relationships of human behavior with Absorptive Capacity based on the studies conducted by Foss et al (2010) and Minbaeva et al (2014). The results of our study highlight that this emerging construct should be studied in context to intra organization factors directly related to employees for development of Absorptive Capacity in organizations. As expected, the results showed the significant contribution of employees’ behaviors in explaining Absorptive Capacity in knowledge intensive companies. The results showed direct significant relationships of employees’ behaviors with Absorptive Capacity. The findings of this study suggest that in knowledge intensive environment, decision makers should have special consideration for employees’ behaviors towards processing knowledge activities for development of absorptive capacity. The employees’ commitment to their organizations does not support to have significant direct contribution for the development of absorptive capacity, however, this may be explored its indirect contribution in context to different variables.