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Spiritual leadership as a pathway toward innovative work behavior via knowledge sharing self-efficacy: moderating role of innovation climate

Kamila Usmanova (School of Economics and Management, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, China)
Daoping Wang (School of Economics and Management, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, China)
Eli Sumarliah (School of Economics and Management, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, China)
Sher Zaman Khan (Institute of Business Administration, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan)
Safeer Ullah Khan (Institute of Business Administration, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan)
Amjad Younas (Department of Management Sciences, Mohi-Ud-Din Islamic University, Nerian Sharif AJ&K, Pakistan)

VINE Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems

ISSN: 2059-5891

Article publication date: 14 October 2021

Issue publication date: 20 November 2023

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Abstract

Purpose

Although previous studies have studied the impact of spiritual leadership (SL) on employees’ innovation, the research on mechanisms and the boundary conditions for stimulating this relationship is scant. This paper aims to follow the idea of social capital theory (SCT), which contends that social relationships are resources that lead toward the development of intellectual capital, important for innovative work behavior (IWB) of employees; the mediating role of knowledge sharing self-efficacy (KSSE) and moderating role of innovation climate (IC) are considered.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors collected the data from the foreign and local employees working in multinational companies in China. The quantitative analysis was performed using Smart-PLS 3.0.

Findings

The results indicated that employee high-ranking of SL is positively related to KSSE. Moreover, SL is significant to enhance IWB, whereas KSSE explained this relationship. The authors also suggest that an employee’s KSSE is significant to form important behavior at work (IWB). However, IC did not play its moderating role in the SL – IWB link.

Originality/value

This study explores the influence of the leadership style (SL) on employees’ KSSE and the effect of KSSE on IWB, which have not been studied previously. The current study confirms the relationship between SL and IWB in the multicultural workplace and reveals the deeper influence of an individual’s belief (KSSE) mechanism between them. SCT was applied to explain the proposed relationships.

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Acknowledgements

This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

Citation

Usmanova, K., Wang, D., Sumarliah, E., Khan, S.Z., Khan, S.U. and Younas, A. (2023), "Spiritual leadership as a pathway toward innovative work behavior via knowledge sharing self-efficacy: moderating role of innovation climate", VINE Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems, Vol. 53 No. 6, pp. 1250-1270. https://doi.org/10.1108/VJIKMS-04-2021-0054

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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