Servant Leadership and Knowledge Hiding: The Moderating Role of Personality Traits in Academic Settings
Authors
MUHAMMAD TUFAIL, SHAHZAD KHAN, RANI GUL and MUHAMMAD HAROON UR RASHID
Abstract
Knowledge hiding behavior cannot be denied even in academic settings, servant leadership along with personality traits may mitigate such behavior. This study investigates the direct relationship between servant leadership and knowledge hiding, further, the personality traits have been tested for the moderating role between servant leadership and knowledge hiding behavior. The convenient random sampling technique was applied and data was collected from 369 faculty members of different Universities. This study used SPSS for analysis. The obtained data was validated and was confirmed by testing composite reliability, average variance extracted, means shared value, and reliability. The analysis found an indirect correlation between servant leadership and knowledge hiding. Moreover, the moderating roles of openness to experience and consciousness were also confirmed. The study adds a novel contribution to the literature. Practical implications and future avenues have been discussed.
Keywords: Consciousness, Knowledge Hiding, Openness to Experience, and Servant Leadership.
