Organizational climate and performance: mediating role of affective commitment, knowledge sharing practices and perceived cost of knowledge sharing

This research work examines the impact of organizational climate on performance and considering affective commitment, knowledge sharing practices (KSPS) and perceived cost of knowledge sharing (KScost) as potential mediators by recognizing the need and importance of knowledge sharing among pharmaceutics to enhance their ability to perform best at workplace. Data collection is carried through convenient sampling from pharmaceutics through survey questionnaire from (Lahore and Karachi) two big cities of Pakistan. Confirmatory factor analysis is applied to test the reliability and validity of the constructs and the outcomes confirm the establishment of both internal reliability and validity. Sample size consists of 350 pharmaceutics. The outcomes of this paper reveal that organizational climate significantly and positively impact the performance. The results indicate that affective commitment, KScost and KSPS intervene the link between organizational commitment and organizational performance