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Perceived Creativity: The Role of Emotional Intelligence and Knowledge Sharing Behaviour

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  • See-Kwong Goh

    (Taylor's Business School, Taylor's University, No. 1 Jalan Taylor's, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia)

  • Kang-Yi Lim

    (Taylor's Business School, Taylor's University, No. 1 Jalan Taylor's, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia)

Abstract

Knowledge sharing is deemed to be important for organisation as it helps to bring much benefits to the organisation, such as enhancing one's creativity. Knowledge sharing behaviour (KSB) is highly subjective and it depends on one's willingness to participate in such behaviour. Prior research has indicated that a person's emotional intelligence (EI) affects one's ability to share their knowledge and through knowledge sharing it helps to increase creativity in workplace. Despite such claims had been made by researchers, yet there is very little empirical examination has been conducted to examine the link between EI and perceived creativity through KSB. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of KSB as a mediator between EI and creativity. A survey was conducted and obtained a total of 176 valid respondents from 20 MNCs in Klang Valley. Multiple linear regression analyses were used to analyse the hypotheses. The results indicate that KSB mediates the relationship between EI and creativity. The results also indicate that EI plays an important role in influencing one's willingness to share his or her knowledge.

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  • See-Kwong Goh & Kang-Yi Lim, 2014. "Perceived Creativity: The Role of Emotional Intelligence and Knowledge Sharing Behaviour," Journal of Information & Knowledge Management (JIKM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 13(04), pages 1-10.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:jikmxx:v:13:y:2014:i:04:n:s0219649214500373
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219649214500373
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    1. Sabahattin Cetin & Ayhan Karakas, 2021. "Effects of emotional intelligence on knowledge sharing among employees: A study of HoReCa companies in Turkey," Upravlenets, Ural State University of Economics, vol. 12(3), pages 44-55, July.
    2. Xiaobo Xu & Wenling Liu & Weiguo Pang, 2019. "Are Emotionally Intelligent People More Creative? A Meta-Analysis of the Emotional Intelligence–Creativity Link," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(21), pages 1-26, November.
    3. Jyoti Verma & Anamika Sinha, 2016. "Knowledge Sharing in Cross-Functional Teams and its Antecedents: Role of Mutual Trust as a Moderator," Journal of Information & Knowledge Management (JIKM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 15(03), pages 1-22, September.
    4. Zahid Shafait & Jiayu Huang, 2022. "Nexus of Emotional Intelligence and Learning Outcomes: A Cross-Country Study of China and Pakistan Higher Educational Institutes," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(23), pages 1-24, December.
    5. Zahid Shafait & Zhu Yuming & Natanya Meyer & Włodzimierz Sroka, 2021. "Emotional Intelligence, Knowledge Management Processes and Creative Performance: Modelling the Mediating Role of Self-Directed Learning in Higher Education," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(5), pages 1-18, March.

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