Workers’ Perspective About Organizational Climate in Knowledge Management: Automotive Assembly-Line Case

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the relation between Organizational Climate and Knowledge Management in the shop floor. The study is conducted in an auto part plant inserted in a Truck Factory with 7 partners. 44 blue collar workers were interviewed. The results show a relationship between Organizational Climate and Knowledge Management in the automotive sector, evidenced by the significant correlations between the variables analyzed. The unemployment situation can negatively influence the climate of organizations. The positive social interaction can preserve knowledge sharing even when there are weaknesses in the organizational climate. Future research can compare the results of this study with another sample in the same environment in stable employment situation. Other research may replicate this study with a larger number of participants.

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“…The suggestions verify the claims made in previous research, particularly by Jain et al. (2015) and Rodriguez et al. (2016).…”

“…The suggestions verify the claims made in previous research, particularly by Jain et al (2015) and Rodriguez et al (2016). These relate to the significance of climate in a firm to communal message amongst people.…”

“…This can be mentioned that the climate in a firm exhibits a lively function in offering an environment for relational and social exchange (Jaw and Liu, 2003;Chen and Huang, 2007;Tseng and Jung, 2011). The suggestions verify the claims made in previous research, particularly by Jain et al (2015) and Rodriguez et al (2016). These relate to the significance of climate in a firm to communal message amongst people.…”

Authentic leadership and motivation as moderators of the organizational politics–knowledge sharing relationship: A test amidst crisis

“…The field study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Brazil Platform process: 65500017.1.0000.5663. The research method adopted was validated in a Pre-Test study through data collection and analysis, with 44 employees of a company in the automotive sector (Rodriguez et al, 2016).…”

“…The research method adopted was validated in a Pre-Test study through data collection and analysis with 44 employees of a company in the automotive sector (Rodriguez et al, 2016). After the pilot study, this research was developed on a large scale; the data were collected by questionnaire during a Brazilian economic and politic crisis (2015-2017) context with 144 employees of the Brazilian Automotive Modular Consortium selected by non-probabilistic convenience sampling.…”