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Impact of Knowledge Sharing on Sustainable Performance: Mediating Role of Employee’s Ambidexterity

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  • Alamzeb Aamir

    (Department of Management Sciences, FATA University, TSD Dara, NMD, Kohat 26000, Pakistan)

  • Sharif Ullah Jan

    (Department of Management Sciences, FATA University, TSD Dara, NMD, Kohat 26000, Pakistan)

  • Abdul Qadus

    (Institute of Management Sciences, Peshawar 25000, Pakistan)

  • Abdelmohsen A. Nassani

    (Department of Management, College of Business Administration, King Saud University, Riyadh 11587, Saudi Arabia)

  • Mohamed Haffar

    (Department of Management, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK)

Abstract

The prime objective of the current study is to examine the impact of knowledge sharing and employee ambidexterity on the sustainable performance of manufacturing firms operating in the KPK province of Pakistan. In addition to this, the study has examined the mediating role of employees’ ambidexterity in the relationship between knowledge sharing and sustainable performance. The final sample included 240 respondents, which represented a response rate of 68%. The study employed SEM-PLS for data analysis. The results indicate that the employee’s ambidexterity fully mediates between knowledge sharing and sustainable performance. Knowledge sharing appears as a significant determinant of employees’ ambidexterity and sustainable performance. Meanwhile, the employee’s ambidexterity also has a positive and significant relationship with sustainable performance. In the field of Management Sciences and other disciplines, knowledge sharing is considered a significant field of study. Globally, very little research has targeted these variables. This research offers conceptual highlights for developing the influence of knowledge sharing on the sustainable performance of employees particularly in the manufacturing sector.

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  • Alamzeb Aamir & Sharif Ullah Jan & Abdul Qadus & Abdelmohsen A. Nassani & Mohamed Haffar, 2021. "Impact of Knowledge Sharing on Sustainable Performance: Mediating Role of Employee’s Ambidexterity," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(22), pages 1-13, November.
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