Learning culture and knowledge transfer: the role of Colombian employees’ attitudes

Abstract

ABSTRACTThis work has three objectives: the first, to analyse the relationship between learning culture and knowledge transfer; the second, to analyse the mediation effect of organisational commitment between culture and transfer; and the third, to analyse the moderation effect of job satisfaction between culture and transfer. The participants in the study were 463 employees from Colombia, and the research method was the survey. The hypotheses were tested using structural equations. Data analysis shows a significant relationship between learning culture and knowledge transfer. The results show a partial mediation effect of organisational commitment. The moderation effect of job satisfaction between culture and knowledge transfer is not proven. The results of this study confirm the knowledge management literature, indicating that the values that describe a learning culture affect knowledge transfer. Furthermore, this research shows how attitudes intervene in knowledge transfer, which adds importance to the results.KEYWORDS: Learning cultureknowledge transferorganisational commitmentjob satisfactionColombia Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.