Impact of knowledge oriented leadership on knowledge management behaviour through employee work attitudes

Shamim, Saqib, Cang, Shuang and Yu, Hongnian (2019) Impact of knowledge oriented leadership on knowledge management behaviour through employee work attitudes. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 30 (16). pp. 2387-2417. ISSN 0958-5192

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Abstract

Despite the acknowledged importance of knowledge management (KM), many employees avoid practicing KM at the individual level. This avoidance often leads to loss of the intellectual capital due to employee turnover. Many potential behavioural remedies are still untapped in the existing literature. This study extends the construct of knowledge oriented leadership (KOL) and examines its role in predicting KM behaviour among employees of the hospitality sector, at the individual level. It also investigates the mediating effect of employee work attitudes including affective commitment, creative self-efficacy and work engagement, by using partial least square for structure equation modelling. This study finds that KOL positively affects KM behaviour, affective commitment, creative self-efficacy and employee work engagement. Work attitudes (affective commitment, creative self-efficacy, work engagement) mediate the relationship of KOL and KM behaviour. Furthermore the direct positive effect of employee affective commitment, creative self-efficacy and work engagement on KM behaviour is also significant. This study contributes to the body of knowledge by extending the construct of KOL, and by investigating the connection between KOL, work attitudes, and KM behaviour among hospitality employees, at the individual level.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Knowledge management (KM), knowledge oriented leadership (KOL), employee work attitudes, affective commitment, creative self-efficacy, work engagement
Subjects: N200 Management studies
N600 Human Resource Management
Department: Faculties > Business and Law > Newcastle Business School
Depositing User: Paul Burns
Date Deposited: 03 Dec 2018 10:37
Last Modified: 31 Jul 2021 22:02
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/37019

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