Does corporate governance affect thriving at work? employees' roles in knowledge sharing and prosocial motivation

Abstract

This study examines the mediating role of knowledge sharing and the moderating role of prosocial motivation in the effect of nurses’ perceptions of corporate governance on thriving at work. For this purpose, corporate governance, thriving at work, knowledge sharing and prosocial motivation scales were used in the study. The population of the study consists of 319 nurses out of 668 working in the training and research hospital and state hospital located in Erzincan city centre and conducting their activities according to the affiliation regulation. In addition, the research was designed in descriptive-relational mediator type. In the study analysis, the AMOS 23 application was used to verify the scale factors and SPSS PROCESS MACRO model 14 was used in the analysis of variables to evaluate the mediating and moderating role of the study. According to the results of the research, there is a significant and positive relationship between corporate governance and thriving at work, knowledge sharing and prosocial motivation at work. In addition, it was determined that knowledge sharing has a mediating role in the effect of corporate governance perception on thriving at work and prosocial motivation has a moderating role in the indirect effect of corporate governance (through knowledge sharing) on thriving at work. Ultimately, this research is important in terms of contributing to a better understanding of the complex relationship between corporate governance and employee behaviour. Especially for organisations in developing countries such as Turkey, the findings and recommendations of the research may also help to develop more effective human resource management practices.