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Innovative Enterprises Development and Employees' Knowledge Sharing Behavior in China: The Role of Leadership Style.
Front Psychol. 2021; 12:747873.FP

Abstract

Leadership is generally considered helpful for team knowledge sharing. However, differences in the influence of different leadership styles on team knowledge sharing mechanism is still unclear. To understand different leadership style foster team knowledge sharing, this study focuses on leader-follower trust during team interactions. From the perspective of leadership as social problem solving, we argue that transformational leadership and authoritative leadership are different linked to team knowledge sharing. Through the collection of a sample of 791 valid questionnaires in China, we used the structural equation model to test the theoretical model. Results showed that: (1) Transformational leadership was positively linked to explicit and implicit knowledge sharing, while authoritative leadership was positively linked to explicit knowledge sharing. (2) Trust tendency mediates the relationship between authoritative leadership and knowledge sharing. (3) Supportive and bureaucratic culture moderate the influence of trust tendency on implicit knowledge sharing, such that the positive relationship is stronger for the low-quality of supportive culture and the high-quality of bureaucratic culture. Finally, The study's implication for theory and practice were discussed, its limitations were identified, and directions for future research were suggested.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Business School, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China.School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Shandong University, Jinan, China.

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

34744924

Citation

Jiang, Daokui, and Zhuo Chen. "Innovative Enterprises Development and Employees' Knowledge Sharing Behavior in China: the Role of Leadership Style." Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 12, 2021, p. 747873.
Jiang D, Chen Z. Innovative Enterprises Development and Employees' Knowledge Sharing Behavior in China: The Role of Leadership Style. Front Psychol. 2021;12:747873.
Jiang, D., & Chen, Z. (2021). Innovative Enterprises Development and Employees' Knowledge Sharing Behavior in China: The Role of Leadership Style. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 747873. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.747873
Jiang D, Chen Z. Innovative Enterprises Development and Employees' Knowledge Sharing Behavior in China: the Role of Leadership Style. Front Psychol. 2021;12:747873. PubMed PMID: 34744924.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Innovative Enterprises Development and Employees' Knowledge Sharing Behavior in China: The Role of Leadership Style. AU - Jiang,Daokui, AU - Chen,Zhuo, Y1 - 2021/10/21/ PY - 2021/07/27/received PY - 2021/09/27/accepted PY - 2021/11/8/entrez PY - 2021/11/9/pubmed PY - 2021/11/9/medline KW - authoritative leadership KW - explicit knowledge sharing KW - implicit knowledge sharing KW - organizational culture KW - transformational leadership SP - 747873 EP - 747873 JF - Frontiers in psychology JO - Front Psychol VL - 12 N2 - Leadership is generally considered helpful for team knowledge sharing. However, differences in the influence of different leadership styles on team knowledge sharing mechanism is still unclear. To understand different leadership style foster team knowledge sharing, this study focuses on leader-follower trust during team interactions. From the perspective of leadership as social problem solving, we argue that transformational leadership and authoritative leadership are different linked to team knowledge sharing. Through the collection of a sample of 791 valid questionnaires in China, we used the structural equation model to test the theoretical model. Results showed that: (1) Transformational leadership was positively linked to explicit and implicit knowledge sharing, while authoritative leadership was positively linked to explicit knowledge sharing. (2) Trust tendency mediates the relationship between authoritative leadership and knowledge sharing. (3) Supportive and bureaucratic culture moderate the influence of trust tendency on implicit knowledge sharing, such that the positive relationship is stronger for the low-quality of supportive culture and the high-quality of bureaucratic culture. Finally, The study's implication for theory and practice were discussed, its limitations were identified, and directions for future research were suggested. SN - 1664-1078 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/34744924/Innovative_Enterprises_Development_and_Employees'_Knowledge_Sharing_Behavior_in_China:_The_Role_of_Leadership_Style_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -
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