Mohsin Muhammad, Zhu Qiang, Wang Xiaojun, Naseem Sobia, Nazam Muhammad
School of Business, Hunan University of Humanities, Science and Technology (HUHST), Loudi, China.
School of Economics and Management, Shijiazhuang Tiedao University, Shijiazhuang, China.
Front Psychol. 2021 Dec 16;12:798631. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.798631. eCollection 2021.
This study aimed to investigate the impact of ethical leadership on knowledge-hiding behavior of the employees working in the financial services sector under the mediating role of meaningful at work and moderating role of ethical climate. For this purpose, data were collected from two hundred and fifteen employees of financial services providing organizations. The already-established scales were followed to develop an instrument that was used to obtain responses from the respondents. Collected data were analyzed by applying the structural equation modeling through Smart PLS and Process Macro. The results indicate that ethical leadership and meaningful work (MW) reduce knowledge-hiding behavior of employees at work, while ethical leadership positively impacts the influential work of employees at the workplace. Further, the relationship between ethical leadership and knowledge-hiding behavior is partially mediated by MW. Similarly, ethical climate moderated the relationship between ethical leadership and knowledge-hiding behavior. This research makes valuable contributions to the existing literature on leadership and knowledge management. From a practical point of view, this study stresses that managers at work should promote ethical leadership styles to promote MW, which will reduce knowledge hiding. Thus, in this way, it will enhance the innovation and creativity within organizational circuits. The limitations and future directions of this study are also listed.
本研究旨在探讨道德领导在工作意义的中介作用和道德氛围的调节作用下，对金融服务部门员工知识隐藏行为的影响。为此，从提供金融服务的组织的215名员工中收集了数据。遵循已有的量表来开发一种工具，用于从受访者那里获得回复。通过Smart PLS和Process Macro应用结构方程模型对收集到的数据进行分析。结果表明，道德领导和有意义的工作（MW）会减少员工在工作中的知识隐藏行为，而道德领导对员工在工作场所的影响力工作有积极影响。此外，道德领导与知识隐藏行为之间的关系部分由MW介导。同样，道德氛围调节了道德领导与知识隐藏行为之间的关系。本研究为现有的领导与知识管理文献做出了有价值的贡献。从实践角度来看，本研究强调工作中的管理者应推广道德领导风格以促进MW，这将减少知识隐藏。因此，通过这种方式，它将增强组织内部的创新和创造力。本研究的局限性和未来方向也已列出。
