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How Leadership and Trust in Leaders Foster Employees' Behavior Toward Knowledge Sharing

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: We explored the effect of transformational leadership and trust in leaders on knowledge collecting and knowledge donating, the 2 components of knowledge sharing, with data from 368 employees at 63 Chinese firms. The results showed that trust in leaders mediated the relationship between transformational leadership and knowledge sharing. In addition, transformational leadership had a greater effect than did trust in leaders on knowledge donating, and aspects of trust in leaders had a greater effect than did transformational leadership on knowledge collecting. The findings provide theoretical insights and practical initiatives for knowledge management.

Source: Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal

DOI: 10.2224/sbp.6711

Authors: Le Ba Phong, Lei Hui, Than Thanh Son

Institutions: Hunan University, Hanoi University of Industry

Language: English

Topic: Knowledge Management and Sharing

Subfield: Information Systems and Management

Field: Decision Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2802272967

FWCI: 7.24

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Cited by: 98

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