My job is to hide it! A role strain perspective

Abstract

Purpose

The study presents a framework of knowledge hiding (KH) driven by positive and negative intentions. The study also highlights the impact of KH on the employee’s role-related responsibility to engage in KH.

Design/methodology/approach

We review the literature on KH from the perspective of role strain theory and propose a conceptual framework.

Findings

The study proposes a conceptual framework of KH practices driven by positive and negative intent, further segregated into organizational and personal causes of KH. The framework also depicts the positive and negative impact of KH on the employees and highlights the impact of role-related responsibility of KH.

Originality/value

This paper provides a framework to understand how role-related KH responsibilities (organization driven) and personal motives map to employee outcomes.

Citation

Sinha, S. and Pandey, A. (2022), "My job is to hide it! A role strain perspective", Development and Learning in Organizations, Vol. 36 No. 5, pp. 13-15. https://doi.org/10.1108/DLO-10-2021-0186