“…The effects of job insecurity extend further to influence employees' inclination to hide their knowledge, as they feel threatened by the potential impact on their future careers, the possibility of job loss, and the resulting anxiety and stress stemming from job instability [15]. Some studies investigated the impact of job insecurity (JI) on innovative work behavior (IWB) (e.g., [8,13,16,17]), knowledge-hiding behavior (KHB) (e.g., [15,18,19]), and team anti-citizenship behavior (TAB) (e.g., [9,20]). Likewise, some studies assessed the effect of knowledge-hiding behavior and team anti-citizenship behavior on innovative work behavior (e.g., [21][22][23][24][25][26]).…”