The impact of leadership on boosting employee creativity : the role of knowledge sharing as a mediator

Osama Khassawneh, Tamara Mohammad and Rabeb Ben-Abdallah

In this study, we examined the role that knowledge sharing plays in mediating the relationship between the employee trust in leadership and employee innovation in the service sector in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). We included 346 people employed in the service industry. According to the study’s findings, having faith in one’s leader has a beneficial and discernibly positive impact on the degree to which employees share their knowledge and innovate. Knowledge sharing has a positive and substantial effect on the creativity of employees, and vice versa. According to the study’s findings, the openness of leaders partially mediates the willingness of employees to try new things and share information, which is a consequence of the trust that employees have in their leaders and their willingness to experiment with new concepts.

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Year of publication:	2022
Authors:	Khassawneh, Osama ; Mohammad, Tamara ; Ben-Abdallah, Rabeb
Published in:	Administrative Sciences : open access journal. - Basel : MDPI, ISSN 2076-3387, ZDB-ID 2662651-2. - Vol. 12.2022, 4, Art.-No. 175, p. 1-14
Subject:	creativity \| employee creativity \| experience \| information sharing \| knowledge sharing \| leadership \| mediation \| professional employee \| service industry \| UAE \| workspace \| Kreativität \| Creativity \| Wissenstransfer \| Knowledge transfer \| Wissensmanagement \| Knowledge management \| Dienstleistungssektor \| Service industry \| Arbeitskräfte \| Workforce \| Führungsstil \| Leadership style \| Arbeitsverhalten \| Work behaviour \| Informationsverbreitung \| Information dissemination \| Vereinigte Arabische Emirate \| United Arab Emirates \| Kooperative Führung \| Participative leadership \| China