Abstract
Purpose
Drawing on the assumptions of social exchange and conversation of resource theories, this study aims to empirically explore the underlying mechanism between perceived injustice and knowledge hiding in the organizational context. To explicate the relationship, this study examines the catalytic roles of employees' self-serving behavior and perceived organizational politics.
Methods
A moderated-mediation model is developed and tested. Data collected from 234 individuals from both manufacturing and service sector firms.
Results
The findings of the study propose that self-serving behavior positively mediates the link between perceived injustice and knowledge hiding. Moreover, the result of two-way interaction between employees' self-serving behavior and perceived organizational politics further amplifies the indirect relationship between perceived injustice and knowledge hiding.
Conclusion
The findings of this study help to enrich the extant research on knowledge hiding by determining and evaluating the factors that hitherto unspecified and explicate the relationship between perceived injustice and knowledge hiding within the organizational contexts. Moreover, this also highlights the importance of employing both individual and contextual elements together while studying knowledge hiding within the organizations.
TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring the Underlying Mechanism Between Perceived Injustice and Knowledge Hiding: An Empirical Investigation.
AU - Iqbal,Omer,
AU - Ali,Zeeshan,
AU - Azam,Akbar,
Y1 - 2022/12/15/
PY - 2022/10/15/received
PY - 2022/11/28/accepted
PY - 2022/12/22/entrez
PY - 2022/12/23/pubmed
PY - 2022/12/23/medline
KW - knowledge hiding
KW - moderated mediation
KW - organizational context
KW - perceived injustice
KW - perceived organizational politics
KW - self-serving behavior
SP - 3683
EP - 3697
JF - Psychology research and behavior management
JO - Psychol Res Behav Manag
VL - 15
N2 - Purpose: Drawing on the assumptions of social exchange and conversation of resource theories, this study aims to empirically explore the underlying mechanism between perceived injustice and knowledge hiding in the organizational context. To explicate the relationship, this study examines the catalytic roles of employees' self-serving behavior and perceived organizational politics. Methods: A moderated-mediation model is developed and tested. Data collected from 234 individuals from both manufacturing and service sector firms. Results: The findings of the study propose that self-serving behavior positively mediates the link between perceived injustice and knowledge hiding. Moreover, the result of two-way interaction between employees' self-serving behavior and perceived organizational politics further amplifies the indirect relationship between perceived injustice and knowledge hiding. Conclusion: The findings of this study help to enrich the extant research on knowledge hiding by determining and evaluating the factors that hitherto unspecified and explicate the relationship between perceived injustice and knowledge hiding within the organizational contexts. Moreover, this also highlights the importance of employing both individual and contextual elements together while studying knowledge hiding within the organizations.
SN - 1179-1578
UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/36544912/Exploring_the_Underlying_Mechanism_Between_Perceived_Injustice_and_Knowledge_Hiding:_An_Empirical_Investigation_
DB - PRIME
DP - Unbound Medicine
ER -
