Title: The effect of psychological ownership on knowledge hiding in the banking industry: the role of affective and continuance commitment

Authors: Adin Gustina; Sari Sitalaksmi

Addresses: Management Department, Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Indonesia ' Management Department, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia

Abstract: This paper aims to investigate the effect of psychological ownership on knowledge hiding and the extent to which this relationship is weakened or strengthened by affective and continuance commitment. Territoriality was tested as mediating variable in this research. This relationship is explained using conservation of resource theory and territorial theory. Data were collected from 180 banking employees in Indonesia through a questionnaire survey. Hierarchical regression is used to test research hypotheses. Findings revealed that psychological ownership has a positive effect on knowledge hiding. Territoriality mediates the effect of psychological ownership on knowledge hiding. Affective commitment is proven to increase the influence of psychological ownership on knowledge hiding, while the findings of continuance commitment to the influence of psychological ownership on knowledge hiding do not support the hypothesis but show an interesting finding.

Keywords: knowledge hiding; affective commitment; continuance commitment; psychological ownership; territoriality.

DOI: 10.1504/IJKMS.2023.132038

International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies, 2023 Vol.14 No.3, pp.237 - 254

Received: 12 Aug 2021
Accepted: 02 Jun 2022
Published online: 07 Jul 2023 *

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