Personal and Contextual Antecedents of Knowledge Sharing and Innovative Performance among Engineers

Abbas, Muhammad; Sajid, Sidra; Mumtaz, Sana

doi:10.1080/10429247.2018.1451681

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“…At the same time, social exchange theory suggests that information or knowledge sharing based on social reciprocity is important for improving job performance (Jean et al , 2011). By practicing knowledge sharing in workplaces, employees are able to synthesize knowledge through exchanging and learning expertise to eventually improve job performance (Abbas et al , 2018). On the contrary, job performance is likely hindered if sharing is not enabled.…”

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The effects of responsible leadership and knowledge sharing on job performance among knowledge workers

Lin

Huang

2020

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PurposeDrawing upon social exchange theory, this study justified the indirect effects of responsible leadership and knowledge sharing on job performance through the mediation of work engagement and helping initiatives. Job tenure was examined as a moderator.Design/methodology/approachThe hypotheses of this study were empirically tested with structural equation modeling (SEM) and moderated regression analyses. This study conducted a field survey on 512 knowledge workers who employed a high portion of or highly specialized tacit knowledge to do their job.FindingsThis research presented that both work engagement and helping initiatives mediated the indirect effects of responsible leadership and knowledge sharing on job performance. The empirical results revealed that job tenure moderated the relationships between responsible leadership and work engagement, and between responsible leadership and helping initiatives. However, job tenure did not moderate the relationships between knowledge sharing and work engagement, and between knowledge sharing and helping initiatives.Originality/valueThis research is one of the few to verify the key role of responsible leadership from the theoretical aspect of social exchange, complementing the leadership literature based on stakeholder theory. This research is a pioneer by taking into account the simultaneous influences of responsible leadership and knowledge sharing on job performance in a single model setting.

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The effects of responsible leadership and knowledge sharing on job performance among knowledge workers

Lin

Huang

2020

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“…First, most researchers have focused solely on the direct correlation between LMX and KSB (Kim et al, 2017), neglecting the intermediate psychological processes underlying the relationship. Second, although highquality LMX may cultivate a favorable social context for employees (Carmeli et al, 2011), different people may evaluate this situation in different manners (Kim et al, 2017), echoing the interactionist approach, in which personal characteristics and contextual factors jointly affect individual's behaviors (e.g., Abbas et al, 2015;Pee and Min, 2017;Lee et al, 2018). Third, most previous studies on the relationship between leadership and employee outcomes are established and widely practical in the western context (Law et al, 2000).…”

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How Leader-Member Exchange Affects Knowledge Sharing Behavior: Understanding the Effects of Commitment and Employee Characteristics

Shi

Yang

2019

Front. Psychol.

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Although leadership is considered a key factor in affecting employees' knowledge sharing behavior (KSB), previous literature has mainly focused on the direct relationship between it and KSB, neglecting the mediators and moderators in this relationship. To address this issue, this study explores when and how leader-member exchange (LMX) promotes KSB by examining affective commitment (AC) as mediator and employee general self-efficacy (GSE) and internal locus of control (ILOC) as boundary conditions. In addition, although these two positive self-view variables (i.e., GSE and ILOC) both exhibit positive effects on various work-related outcomes, based on self-verification theory, we posit that they may exhibit different moderating effects in the LMX-AC-KSB relationship. We empirically validated this moderated mediated model using data collected from 231 supervisor-subordinate pairs from an information technology company in China. The results show that GSE amplifies the mediated relationship between LXM and KSB via AC, but ILOC weakens this mediated relationship. Our study elucidates when and how LMX can effectively facilitate KSB and sheds new and nuanced light on the conceptual distinction between GSE and ILOC. The results of this study might direct managers how to develop relationships with their subordinates and how to maximally facilitate subordinates' KSB.

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“…The literature is replete with studies related to the effects of personality theory and systems thinking on organizational outputs; however, there remain essential gaps that warrant further attention (Abbas, Sajid, & Mumtaz, 2018;Bradley & Hebert, 1997;Toshima, 1993;Williamson, Lounsbury, & Han, 2013).…”

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The impact of practitioners’ personality traits on their level of systems-thinking skills preferences

Nagahi¹,

Jaradat²,

Goerger³

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In this study, we used a structural equation modeling method to investigate the relationship between systems engineers and engineering managers’ Systems-Thinking (ST) skills preferences and their Personality Traits (PTs) in the domain of complex system problems. As organizations operate in more and more turbulent and complex environments, it has become increasingly important to assess the ST skills preferences and PTs of engineers. The current literature lacks studies related to the impact of systems engineers and engineering managers’ PTs on their ST skills preferences, and this study aims to address this gap. A total of 99 engineering managers and 104 systems engineers provided the data to test four hypotheses posed in this study. The results show that the PTs of systems engineers and engineering managers have a positive impact on their level of ST skills preferences and that the education level, the current occupation type, and the managerial experience of the systems engineers and engineering managers moderate the main relationship in the study.

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Personal and Contextual Antecedents of Knowledge Sharing and Innovative Performance among Engineers

Cited by 22 publications

References 60 publications

The effects of responsible leadership and knowledge sharing on job performance among knowledge workers

The effects of responsible leadership and knowledge sharing on job performance among knowledge workers

How Leader-Member Exchange Affects Knowledge Sharing Behavior: Understanding the Effects of Commitment and Employee Characteristics

The impact of practitioners’ personality traits on their level of systems-thinking skills preferences

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