Evaluating the Influence of Employees’ Professional Ethic on Their Knowledge Sharing (A Case Study: the Health Insurance Administration of Kermanshah Province)

Authors : Javad Amiri

Pages : 29-40

Doi:10.14486/IJSCS250

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Publication Date : 2015-07-13

Article Type : Other

Abstract :The aim of the present research was to investigate the influence of employees’ professional ethic on their knowledge sharing in the health insurance administration of Kermanshah province. The present research from the aim viewpoint was an applied research and from the method viewpoint was a part of the descriptive researches of the correlation type. The statistical research society included the entire employees’ of the health insurance administration of Kermanshah province, which in 2014 were functional in this organization and the total number of theirs was 114 people. The sample volume with the assessment of statistical society and with the use of the Korjesi and Morgan table and for the sampling the simple random method with 90 people was selected. The measurement tool of professional ethic was the Kadousire (2009) and measurement tool of knowledge sharing was the Bennett & Gabriel (2009). The statistical methods included the descriptive statistics and perceptive statistics (Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Pearson correlation and univariate and multivariate regression). The results showed that the professional ethic was effective on the employees’ knowledge sharing. Moreover, the entire dimensions of professional ethic (responsibility, honesty, justice and equity, contest and competitiveness, respect to a customer, sympathy with a customer and observance and respect in relation to the values and social norms) lead to the promotion of the knowledge sharing. On the other hand the employees’ responsibility had the highest influence on the knowledge sharing.
Keywords : Professional ethics, Knowledge sharing, Health insurance