Linking Ethical Leadership to Employee Creativity: Knowledge Sharing and Self-Efficacy as Mediators

2013 ◽  
Vol 41 (9) ◽  
pp. 1409-1419 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yueru Ma ◽  
Weibo Cheng ◽  
Barbara A. Ribbens ◽  
Juanmei Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Social Exchange ◽  
Ethical Leadership ◽  
Social Learning Theory ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Social Exchange Theory ◽  
Exchange Theory ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Multiple Mediation ◽  
Employee Creativity

Using social exchange theory and social learning theory, we examined the influence of ethical leadership on employee creativity through the mediation of knowledge sharing and self-efficacy. We tested our hypotheses with a sample of 309 employees and their supervisors from 4 Chinese companies, using a multiple mediation model. The results showed that ethical leadership was positively related to employee creativity and that this relationship was mediated by knowledge sharing and self-efficacy.

Enhancing employees’ creativity through entrepreneurial leadership: can knowledge sharing and creative self-efficacy matter?

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Talat Islam ◽  
Momina Asad
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Social Exchange ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Social Exchange Theory ◽  
Entrepreneurial Leadership ◽  
Employee Creativity ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
Creative Self

Purpose This study aims to examine knowledge sharing as an explanatory variable between entrepreneurial leadership and employee creativity. The authors further examined the moderating role of creative self-efficacy between knowledge sharing and employee creativity. Design/methodology/approach The authors collected data from 307 employees and their immediate supervisors working in IT-based organizations. Findings The authors noted that entrepreneurial leaders positively affect employees’ creativity and knowledge sharing positively explains this association. The authors further noted individuals high in creative self-efficacy strengthen the association between knowledge sharing and employee creativity. Research limitations/implications The authors used a cross-sectional design to collect data that may restrict causality. Still, the study suggests management learn, develop and implement entrepreneurial skills that foster knowledge sharing to enhance creativity. In addition, hiring individuals with creative self-efficacy would further encourage creativity. Originality/value Drawing upon social exchange theory, the authors are first to examine knowledge sharing as a mediating mechanism between entrepreneurial leadership and employee creativity. In addition, the authors examined creative self-efficacy as a conditional variable on the association between knowledge sharing and employee creativity.

Analysing the Effect of Value in Online Communities on Satisfaction in Online Socialisation and Knowledge-Sharing Intentions of Eco-Tourist

2017 ◽  
pp. 35-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sudipta Kiran Sarkar ◽  
Norman Au ◽  
Rob Law
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Social Exchange ◽  
Online Communities ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Social Exchange Theory ◽  
Exchange Theory ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Order Factor

This study, which is based on social exchange theory (SET), focuses on the capacities of social media to provide such means by examining the effect of value in online communities (VOC) in social media platforms on satisfying ecotourists' online socialisation and knowledge sharing. Based on the data obtained from 543 ecotourists and analysed by structural equation modelling (SEM), the results of this study confirmed that VOC, which embeds the SET factors of cooperation, reputation, trust and altruism, significantly influenced ecotourists' satisfaction in socialisation and knowledge-sharing intentions through social media. Furthermore, VOC served as a higher-/second-order factor reflected by the indicators of cooperation, reputation, trust and altruism. Finally, ecotourists' satisfaction in socialisation exerted a significant mediating effect between VOC and knowledge sharing.

A simplified approach to understanding customer support and help during self-service encounters

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 609-634
Author(s):  
Estelle van Tonder ◽  
Stephen G. Saunders ◽  
Leon T. de Beer
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Social Exchange ◽  
Social Exchange Theory ◽  
Exchange Theory ◽  
Service Encounters ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Customer Support ◽  
The Social ◽  
Self Service

PurposeIn the absence of direct employee involvement, customers sharing knowledge and know-how with other customers during self-service encounters is key for promoting service quality. This study assessed the extent to which customer support and help during self-service encounters could simply be explained by multiple motivations of the social exchange theory.Design/methodology/approachA survey approach was followed. The model was tested among 258 electronic banking customers in South Africa and later cross-validated among 253 electronic banking customers in Australia. Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis with country as the grouping variable, latent variable modelling and indirect tests were performed to assess interrelationships among diverse factors that may contribute to customer support and help during self-service encounters, as accounted for by motivations of the social exchange theory.FindingsAdequate model fit was obtained for the combined structural model, which was based on the invariant model. Value contribution and competence affirmation, pleasure derived from helping, reciprocity and reputation enhancement are relevant motivations of the social exchange theory that may impact customer support and help through knowledge sharing.Research implicationsThe study provides a simplified and more cohesive explanation of customers' motivations for engaging in customer support and helping behaviours during self-service encounters.Practical implicationsService providers seeking guidance on knowledge sharing among customers, which may lead to greater service quality, should benefit from this research.Originality/valueThe findings contribute to greater understanding of social exchanges by customers who provide support and help to other customers during self-service encounters, and that ultimately may affect service quality.

Exploring the Influence of Rewards on Attitudes Towards Knowledge Sharing

2011 ◽  
pp. 220-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gee Woo (Gilbert) Bock ◽  
Young-Gul Kim
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Social Exchange ◽  
Social Exchange Theory ◽  
Organizational Context ◽  
Reasoned Action ◽  
Exchange Theory ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
The Social ◽  
Motivating Factor ◽  
And Behavior

This study theoretically examines and empirically tests factors expected to affect an individual’s knowledge sharing attitudes, intention and behavior in an organizational context. The research model is constructed based on the economic exchange theory, the social exchange theory, the self-efficacy theory and the theory of reasoned action. Results from the field survey of 467 employees of four large and government-invested organizations show that ‘anticipated reciprocal relationships’ and ‘perceived personal contribution to the organization’ are the major determinants of the individual’s attitudes towards knowledge sharing. ‘Anticipated extrinsic rewards,’ believed by many as the most important motivating factor for knowledge sharing, are not significantly related to the attitudes towards knowledge sharing. As expected, positive attitudes towards knowledge sharing are found to lead to a positive intention to share knowledge and, finally, to actual knowledge sharing behaviors.

From employee creativity to leader empowering behaviors: the roles of supervisor–subordinate guanxi and supervisor–subordinate similarity

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Wenjun Cai ◽  
Jun Song ◽  
Changqing He ◽  
Dongdong Wang ◽  
Xuanjin Yang
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Condition ◽  
Social Exchange ◽  
Social Exchange Theory ◽  
Underlying Mechanism ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Employee Creativity ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Similarity Attraction ◽  
Time Lagged ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Although employee creativity has been identified to promote organizational competitiveness, its effect on leader empowering behaviors remains underexplored. This study investigated the underlying mechanism and boundary condition under which employee creativity influences leader empowering behaviors. Drawn on social exchange theory and similarity-attraction theory, this study developed a moderated-mediation model in which supervisor–subordinate guanxi serves as the intervening mechanism and supervisor–subordinate similarity serves as a boundary condition influencing this relationship. Using three-wave, time-lagged survey data collected from 309 supervisor–subordinate dyads, this study found that supervisor–subordinate guanxi mediates the relationship between employee creativity and leader empowering behaviors, and that this relationship is stronger when supervisor–subordinate similarity is high rather than low. Finally, theoretical and practical implications were discussed.

Knowledge sharing in online health communities: A social exchange theory perspective

2016 ◽  
Vol 53 (5) ◽  
pp. 643-653 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhijun Yan ◽  
Tianmei Wang ◽  
Yi Chen ◽  
Han Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Social Exchange ◽  
Social Exchange Theory ◽  
Exchange Theory ◽  
Online Health Communities ◽  
Health Communities

scholarly journals Influence of Ethical Leadership and Talent Management on Employee Performance: Does Employee Commitment Matter in Malaysian Hotel Industry?

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
Muhammad Rajbul Asik bin Abdul Hamid ◽  
Noor Fareen Abdul Rahim ◽  
Yashar Salamzadeh
Keyword(s):  
Social Exchange ◽  
Ethical Leadership ◽  
Social Exchange Theory ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Employee Commitment ◽  
Talent Management ◽  
Exchange Theory ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Member Exchange ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose-The purpose of this study is to examine the influences of ethical leadership and talent management on hotel front desk employees’ performance. This study also tests the mediating effect of employee commitment in the relationship between ethical leadership, talent management and employee performance. Leader member exchange theory and social exchange theory has been used as the underlying theories for the framework in this study.Methodology-Data is collected through online questionnaire distributed to front desk employees working in One-star, two- star and three-star hotels around Malaysia particularly in Penang and Kuala Lumpur. 150 usable questionnaires are collected from the targeted respondents. Sample size have been identified using G power software and Partial Least Square (PLS) is used to analyze data.Findings - The findings of this study show that the ethical leadership does not have significant relationship with employee commitments, while talent management has a positive and significant relationship with employee commitments. This study also confirms the mediating effect of employee commitments between the relationship of talent management and employee performance.Contribution -The current study contributes towards the body of knowledge by incorporating leader member exchange theory and social exchange theory. This study also contributes by proving the mediating effect of employee commitment in the hotel industry. The study provides information for hotel managers about why and under what circumstances employees perform better.

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