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Role of transformational leadership in effective organizational knowledge creation practices: Mediating effects of employees' work engagement
Author(s) -
Hoon Song Ji,
Kolb Judith A.,
Hee Lee Ung,
Kyoung Kim Hye
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
human resource development quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.756
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1532-1096
pISSN - 1044-8004
DOI - 10.1002/hrdq.21120
Subject(s) - transformational leadership , work engagement , psychology , structural equation modeling , construct (python library) , knowledge management , multilevel model , descriptive statistics , knowledge sharing , transactional leadership , context (archaeology) , work (physics) , social psychology , engineering , computer science , mechanical engineering , statistics , paleontology , mathematics , machine learning , biology , programming language
Engagement as an area of increasing interest has been discussed in terms of a wide array of organizational policies, practices, and outcomes. This study focuses on a specific aspect of work engagement and its relationship with leadership practices and the outcome of knowledge creation. The mediating effect of employees' work engagement level was assessed to explain the relationship between transformational leadership and organizational knowledge creation practices in the Korean business context. A total of 432 cases were collected from Korean for‐profit organizations. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis and structural equation modeling were used along with basic descriptive analysis and interconstruct correlation analysis to examine the structural relationships and the mediating effect among the constructs. Results found transformational leadership to be a statistically significant construct that has an impact on employees' work engagement and organizational knowledge creation practices. Additionally, employees' work engagement was found to be a statistically significant mediator that explains the relationship between transformational leadership and organizational knowledge creation practices.