Elongating Nexus Between Workplace Factors and Knowledge Hiding Behavior: Mediating Role of Job Anxiety.
Psychol Res Behav Manag. 2022; 15:441-457.PR

Abstract

PURPOSE

The study objective is to investigate the relationship between workplace ostracism, workplace incivility, and knowledge hiding behavior (evasive hiding, playing dumb, rationalized hiding) while considering the mediating role of job anxiety.

METHODS

The study collected data through structured questionnaires from 275 participants (ie, employees) working in the small to medium-sized enterprise of five big cities of Pakistan. The study adopted a structured equation modeling technique for data analysis.

RESULTS

Significantly, the study results suggest a positive effect of workplace ostracism and workplace incivility on employees' knowledge hiding behavior, and job anxiety significantly mediates the relationship between workplace ostracism, workplace incivility, and knowledge hiding behavior of employees.

CONCLUSION

The present study highlights the need to examine the personality disposition for understanding the relationship between the variables (eg, workplace ostracism, workplace incivility, knowledge hiding behavior). Employees' inappropriate behavior had suppressed by initiating a campaign for a realistic job preview, setting an exceptional example. The study significantly contributes to the current literature on knowledge hiding behavior by presenting valuable insight into organizational and individual variables, subsequently influencing the knowledge hiding behavior of individuals. Indeed, this study is the first to investigate the predictive effect of the proposed variables.

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Mohsin M

School of Business, Hunan University of Humanities, Science and Technology, Loudi, Hunan, 417000, People's Republic of China.

Jamil K

School of Economics and Management North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, People's Republic of China.

Naseem S

School of Economics and Management, Shijiazhuang Tiedao University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050043, People's Republic of China.

Sarfraz M

Department of Commerce & Business, Government College University Faisalabad, Layyah Campus, Layyah, 31200, Pakistan. College of International Students, Wuxi University, 214105, Wuxi, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.

Ivascu L

Faculty of Management in Production and Transportation, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania.

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

35250318

Citation

Mohsin, Muhammad, et al. "Elongating Nexus Between Workplace Factors and Knowledge Hiding Behavior: Mediating Role of Job Anxiety." Psychology Research and Behavior Management, vol. 15, 2022, pp. 441-457.

Mohsin M, Jamil K, Naseem S, et al. Elongating Nexus Between Workplace Factors and Knowledge Hiding Behavior: Mediating Role of Job Anxiety. Psychol Res Behav Manag. 2022;15:441-457.

Mohsin, M., Jamil, K., Naseem, S., Sarfraz, M., & Ivascu, L. (2022). Elongating Nexus Between Workplace Factors and Knowledge Hiding Behavior: Mediating Role of Job Anxiety. Psychology Research and Behavior Management, 15, 441-457. https://doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S348467

Mohsin M, et al. Elongating Nexus Between Workplace Factors and Knowledge Hiding Behavior: Mediating Role of Job Anxiety. Psychol Res Behav Manag. 2022;15:441-457. PubMed PMID: 35250318.

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TY - JOUR T1 - Elongating Nexus Between Workplace Factors and Knowledge Hiding Behavior: Mediating Role of Job Anxiety. AU - Mohsin,Muhammad, AU - Jamil,Khalid, AU - Naseem,Sobia, AU - Sarfraz,Muddassar, AU - Ivascu,Larisa, Y1 - 2022/02/25/ PY - 2021/11/09/received PY - 2022/02/10/accepted PY - 2022/3/7/entrez PY - 2022/3/8/pubmed PY - 2022/3/8/medline KW - SMEs KW - job anxiety KW - knowledge hiding behavior KW - workplace incivility KW - workplace ostracism SP - 441 EP - 457 JF - Psychology research and behavior management JO - Psychol Res Behav Manag VL - 15 N2 - PURPOSE: The study objective is to investigate the relationship between workplace ostracism, workplace incivility, and knowledge hiding behavior (evasive hiding, playing dumb, rationalized hiding) while considering the mediating role of job anxiety. METHODS: The study collected data through structured questionnaires from 275 participants (ie, employees) working in the small to medium-sized enterprise of five big cities of Pakistan. The study adopted a structured equation modeling technique for data analysis. RESULTS: Significantly, the study results suggest a positive effect of workplace ostracism and workplace incivility on employees' knowledge hiding behavior, and job anxiety significantly mediates the relationship between workplace ostracism, workplace incivility, and knowledge hiding behavior of employees. CONCLUSION: The present study highlights the need to examine the personality disposition for understanding the relationship between the variables (eg, workplace ostracism, workplace incivility, knowledge hiding behavior). Employees' inappropriate behavior had suppressed by initiating a campaign for a realistic job preview, setting an exceptional example. The study significantly contributes to the current literature on knowledge hiding behavior by presenting valuable insight into organizational and individual variables, subsequently influencing the knowledge hiding behavior of individuals. Indeed, this study is the first to investigate the predictive effect of the proposed variables. SN - 1179-1578 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/35250318/Elongating_Nexus_Between_Workplace_Factors_and_Knowledge_Hiding_Behavior:_Mediating_Role_of_Job_Anxiety_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -

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