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The moderating role of knowledge sharing and mediating role of employee creative self-efficacy on the association of empowering leadership and employee creativity

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  • Muhammad Arshad
  • Chen Kun Yu
  • Aneela Qadir
  • Waqar Ahmad
  • Changwen Xie

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The study's purpose is to explore the relationship among empowering leadership (EL) and employee creativity through knowledge sharing and employee creative self-efficacy. A standard questionnaire is distributed among 352 employees and their leadership for data collection of the study. The study participants are taken from top management, including lower-level employees working in the telecommunication industry. We analyse data using the structural equation modelling technique. The results show that empowering leadership significantly affect employees' creativity and creative self-efficacy mediates the relation between empowering leadership and employee creativity and knowledge sharing to strengthen empowering leadership and employee creativity relationships. Our findings explain that leadership has a strong role in employees' creativity. Additionally, the implications of the study inform practitioners to investigate this phenomenon in other areas.

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  • Muhammad Arshad & Chen Kun Yu & Aneela Qadir & Waqar Ahmad & Changwen Xie, 2021. "The moderating role of knowledge sharing and mediating role of employee creative self-efficacy on the association of empowering leadership and employee creativity," International Journal of Management Practice, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 14(6), pages 660-681.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijmpra:v:14:y:2021:i:6:p:660-681
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    1. Liuqi Sun & Chongrong Huang & Zhifan Wu & Chengyan Li, 2023. "How does humble leadership influence employee improvisation? A motivational perspective," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 10(1), pages 1-11, December.

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