Exploring the Mediating Role of Knowledge Sharing in Evaluating the Performance of Knowledge Employees and Its Individual and Organizational Outcomes in Knowledge-Based Companies

The purpose of this study is to Exploring the Mediating role of Knowledge Sharing in Evaluating the Performance of Knowledge Employees and Its individual and organizational consequences in Knowledge-Based Companies in Tehran. This study was applicable in terms of purpose and research method was descriptive-correlational. The statistical population was senior managers and deputies of knowledge-based companies in Tehran. By simple random sampling method, 400 people were selected as the sample with a return rate of 388 people. The research tool was a researcher-made questionnaire. To test the research hypotheses, structural equation tests and partial least squares method have been used. The results of this study showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between evaluating the performance of knowledge staff with individual outputs and organizational outputs. Also, the mediating role of knowledge sharing on the relationship between performance appraisal of knowledge employees and individual outputs as well as the relationship between performance appraisal of knowledge staff and organizational outputs has been confirmed. When there is a knowledge sharing in an organization, performance appraisal, although it increases organizational outcomes, further leads to improved individual outcomes.