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

Saqib Shamim, Shuang Cang*, Hongnian Yu

*Corresponding author for this work

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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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2387-2417
Number of pages31
JournalInternational Journal of Human Resource Management
Volume30
Issue number16
Early online date11 May 2017
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 11 May 2017

Keywords

  • affective commitment
  • creative self-efficacy
  • employee work attitudes
  • Knowledge management (KM)
  • knowledge oriented leadership (KOL)
  • work engagement

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