RT Article
T1 Top-down knowledge hiding in organizations: an empirical study of the consequences of supervisor knowledge hiding among local and foreign workers in the Middle East
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 164
IS 3
SP 611
OP 625
A1 Arain, Ghulam Ali
A1 Bhatti, Zeeshan Ahmed
A1 Ashraf, Naeem
A1 Fang, Yu-Hui
LA English
PB Springer
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1700561774
AB This study adds to the growing research exploring the consequences of knowledge hiding in organizations. Drawing from the social exchange theory and the norm of reciprocity, this paper examines the direct and indirect—via distrust in supervisor—relationships between supervisor knowledge hiding (SKH) and supervisee organizational citizenship behavior directed at the supervisor (OCB-S) in the context of the Middle East. Using a supervisor–supervisee dyadic design, two-source data were obtained from 317 employees (local and foreign) of 41 Saudi firms. The findings suggest that supervisees’ distrust in their supervisors mediates the significant and negative relationship between SKH and supervisees’ OCB-S. Furthermore, the significant and positive relationship between SKH and distrust in supervisor is more pronounced for foreign workers than for local workers. This study provides empirical support and a better understanding of the existence and consequences of SKH for local and foreign workers and also discusses the theoretical and practical implications of the findings.
K1 PLS-SEM
K1 Multigroup analysis
K1 The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
K1 Organizational citizenship behavior directed at the supervisor
K1 Distrust in supervisor
K1 Knowledge hiding
K1 Aufsatz in Zeitschrift
DO 10.1007/s10551-018-4056-2