Supervisor Bottom-Line Mentality and Knowledge Hiding: A Moderated Mediation Model

Zhen Li and Yanyuan Cheng
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Zhen Li: School of Labor and Human Resources, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
Yanyuan Cheng: School of Labor and Human Resources, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 2, 1-8

Abstract: Organizations need to respond to multiple demands, not only of shareholders but of stakeholders. Supervisor mentality that focuses on bottom-line goals, such as financial performance, can result in negative consequences. We used conservation of resources theory to examine how and when employees engage in knowledge hiding toward coworkers was influenced by supervisor bottom-line mentality. A two-wave survey (N = 274) revealed a positive impact of supervisor bottom-line mentality on knowledge hiding toward coworkers via prevention-based psychological ownership. Further, the higher the competitive psychological climate, the stronger the positive relationship between supervisor bottom-line mentality and knowledge hiding via prevention-based psychological ownership. Our study highlights the negative effect of supervisor bottom-line mentality on knowledge transfer among employees.

Keywords: supervisor bottom-line mentality; psychological ownership; knowledge hiding (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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