Ethical Leadership and Knowledge Hiding: A Moderated Mediation Model of Psychological Safety and Mastery Climate

According to social learning theory, we explored the relation between ethical leadership and knowledge hiding. We developed a moderated mediation model of the psychological safety linking ethical leadership and knowledge hiding. Surveying 436 employees in 78 teams, we found that ethical leadership w...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of business ethics 2020-10, Vol.166 (3), p.461-472
Hauptverfasser: Men, Chenghao, Fong, Patrick S. W., Huo, Weiwei, Zhong, Jing, Jia, Ruiqian, Luo, Jinlian
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Zusammenfassung:According to social learning theory, we explored the relation between ethical leadership and knowledge hiding. We developed a moderated mediation model of the psychological safety linking ethical leadership and knowledge hiding. Surveying 436 employees in 78 teams, we found that ethical leadership was negatively related to knowledge hiding, and that this relation was mediated by psychological safety. We further found that the effect of ethical leadership on knowledge hiding was contingent on a mastery climate. Finally, theoretical and practical implications were discussed for leadership and knowledge management.
ISSN:0167-4544
1573-0697
DOI:10.1007/s10551-018-4027-7