The Impact of Leadership on Boosting Employee Creativity: The Role of Knowledge Sharing as a Mediator

Osama Khassawneh (), Tamara Mohammad and Rabeb Ben-Abdallah
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Osama Khassawneh: Lazaridis School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5, Canada
Tamara Mohammad: College of Business Administration, American University in the Emirates, Dubai 28282, United Arab Emirates
Rabeb Ben-Abdallah: College of Business Administration, American University in the Emirates, Dubai 28282, United Arab Emirates

Administrative Sciences, 2022, vol. 12, issue 4, 1-14

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: creativity; professional employee; service industry; knowledge sharing; mediation; workspace; experience; UAE; leadership; creativity; employee creativity; information sharing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L M M0 M1 M10 M11 M12 M14 M15 M16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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