Cao Yi
School of Management, Hebei Finance University, Baoding, China.
Front Psychol. 2022 Apr 4;13:858669. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.858669. eCollection 2022.
The underlying aim of this study was to investigate the impact of interpersonal injustice on emotional exhaustion and the three main facets of knowledge hiding, i.e., evasive knowledge hiding, playing dumb, and rationalized knowledge hiding. This study also investigates the moderating role of high-performance work stress in the relationship between interpersonal injustice and emotional exhaustion. A questionnaire was adopted to obtain data from 539 employees working in the telecom sector of China. The Smart-PLS software was used to analyze the data through the aid of a structural equation modeling (SEM) technique. The results revealed that interpersonal injustice had a positive and significant relationship with evasive knowledge hiding, playing dumb, and rationalized knowledge hiding. Interpersonal injustice also had a positive relationship with emotional exhaustion, and it was found that emotional exhaustion had a positive relationship with evasive knowledge hiding, playing dumb, and rationalized knowledge hiding. The results also revealed that emotional exhaustion mediated the relationship between interpersonal injustice and knowledge hiding (i.e., evasive hiding, playing dumb, and rationalized hiding). Moreover, it was also observed that high-performance work stress significantly but negatively moderated the relationship between interpersonal injustice and emotional exhaustion. Theoretically, this study made a valuable contribution by examining the impact of interpersonal injustice on knowledge hiding behavior. In terms of practical implications, this study would certainly aid the organizations to support a fair and just workplace culture that encourages knowledge sharing.
本研究的根本目的是调查人际不公正对情绪耗竭以及知识隐藏的三个主要方面（即逃避性知识隐藏、装傻和合理化知识隐藏）的影响。本研究还考察了高绩效工作压力在人际不公正与情绪耗竭关系中的调节作用。通过问卷调查从中国电信行业的539名员工中获取数据。借助结构方程建模（SEM）技术，使用Smart-PLS软件对数据进行分析。结果显示，人际不公正与逃避性知识隐藏、装傻和合理化知识隐藏呈显著正相关。人际不公正与情绪耗竭也呈正相关，且发现情绪耗竭与逃避性知识隐藏、装傻和合理化知识隐藏呈正相关。结果还表明，情绪耗竭在人际不公正与知识隐藏（即逃避性隐藏、装傻和合理化隐藏）之间起中介作用。此外，还观察到高绩效工作压力显著负向调节人际不公正与情绪耗竭之间的关系。从理论上讲，本研究通过考察人际不公正对知识隐藏行为的影响做出了有价值的贡献。在实际意义方面，本研究肯定有助于组织营造一个支持公平公正的工作场所文化，鼓励知识共享。
