Ethical Leadership and Knowledge Hiding: A Moderated Mediation Model of Psychological Safety and Mastery Climate

• Published in: Journal of business ethics Vol. 166; no. 3; pp. 461 - 472
• Main Authors: Men, Chenghao, Fong, Patrick S. W., Huo, Weiwei, Zhong, Jing, Jia, Ruiqian, Luo, Jinlian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer 01.10.2020; Springer Netherlands; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Business and Management; Business Ethics; Chief executive officers; Education; Ethics; Knowledge management; Knowledge sharing; Leadership; Management; Original Paper; Philosophy; Psychological aspects; Psychological safety; Quality of Life Research; Safety; Skill development; Social & emotional learning; Social learning; Teams; Psychological safety; Knowledge hiding; Mastery climate; Ethical leadership

According to social learning theory, we explored the relation between ethical leadership and knowledge hiding. We developed a moderated mediation model of the psychological safety linking ethical leadership and knowledge hiding. Surveying 436 employees in 78 teams, we found that ethical leadership w...