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Knowledge oriented leadership and employees’ innovative performance: a moderated mediation model

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The objective of this study is to investigate the mediating role of (Knowledge sharing behavior, work engagement) and moderating role of creative self-efficacy in the relationship between knowledge-oriented leadership and employee’s innovative performance in the information technology sector of China. Data for this study was collected randomly in three phases with the time-lagged method. Voluntary participation of 452 employees (313 subordinates and 139 immediate supervisors) from the information technology sector. The findings of this study confirm that knowledge-sharing behavior and work engagement mediate the relationship between knowledge-oriented leadership and employees’ innovative performance. Moreover, the current study’s findings also prove the moderating effect of creative self-efficacy between the relationship of knowledge-oriented leadership and knowledge-sharing behavior and work engagement. Additionally, moderated mediation results confirm that a higher level of creative self-efficacy increases the employees’ innovative performance level through the indirect effect of knowledge-oriented leadership via knowledge-sharing behavior and work engagement. The findings of the present study are helpful for the management to enhance the innovative performance of employees through knowledge-oriented leadership especially in the information technology sector. Further, Knowledge-sharing behavior and work engagement helps innovative work behavior. Moreover, creative self-efficacy is a beneficial tool for employees to achieve the organizational goals.

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    Muhammad Salman Chughtai

  2. School of Management, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang, 212013, China

    Hira Salah ud din Khan

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Definition of research objectives, models, and hypotheses: HK and MC. The provision of materials (i.e., questionnaires) and data collection: MC. Article revision and proofreading: HK.

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Chughtai, M.S., Khan, H.S. Knowledge oriented leadership and employees’ innovative performance: a moderated mediation model. Curr Psychol 43, 3426–3439 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-04502-7

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