(3rd International Conference UMT, Lahore, 2013) Naveed Yazdani; Adnan Siddique
In this era of knowledge economy when knowledge is considered the most important resource for gaining sustainable competitive advantage, it is necessary for organizations to leverage this resource. Organizations should build interpersonal trust among their employees so that the tacit knowledge which resides in their employees is utilized. The interpersonal trust is of two type’s i.e. affect-based and cognition-based trust. This study finds the effect of alternative types of trust on the willingness of employees to share and use tacit knowledge using a sample of 102 respondents from different business organizations. The findings support the hypothesis that both type of trust i.e. affect-based and cognition-based trust is important in determining the willingness of employees to share and use their tacit knowledge. Research limitations are discussed in the end.