Iqbal Salman, Ullah Sami, Zanker Marek, Zainab Fatima
Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic.
Sci Rep. 2025 Aug 13;15(1):29769. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-15170-x.
This research addresses a significant gap in existing literature, which predominantly focuses on mainstream leadership styles, like transactional or transformational leadership. It illustrates how benevolent leadership, characterized by warmth and a paternalistic approach, can foster environments conducive to knowledge sharing and organizational learning. Utilizing a survey of 350 respondents from various knowledge-intensive organizations, the study employs structural equation modelling to analyze the data. The findings challenge the conventional belief that benevolent leadership inherently promotes a learning environment, suggesting that its effectiveness is significantly amplified when combined with trust and open communication. This study contributes to theoretical advancements by integrating social exchange theory with organizational learning, highlighting that the reciprocity triggered by benevolent leadership encourages employees to engage in positive knowledge-sharing behaviors, thereby enhancing organizational learning capabilities. For practitioners, these insights emphasize the importance of nurturing leadership styles that support trust and openness to foster a culture where knowledge is freely shared, thus enhancing the organization's ability to adapt and innovate.
本研究填补了现有文献中的一个重大空白，现有文献主要关注交易型或变革型领导等主流领导风格。它阐述了以温暖和家长式作风为特征的仁慈领导如何能够营造有利于知识共享和组织学习的环境。该研究对来自各类知识密集型组织的350名受访者进行了调查，并采用结构方程模型来分析数据。研究结果挑战了传统观念，即仁慈领导本质上就能促进学习环境，表明当与信任和开放沟通相结合时，其有效性会显著增强。本研究通过将社会交换理论与组织学习相结合，为理论发展做出了贡献，强调仁慈领导引发的互惠性鼓励员工参与积极的知识共享行为，从而增强组织的学习能力。对于从业者而言，这些见解强调了培养支持信任和开放的领导风格的重要性，以营造一个知识得以自由共享的文化氛围，从而提高组织的适应和创新能力。
