Purpose

This study aims to examine the differences in the impact of three leadership styles (transactional, transformational and creative) on intraorganizational online knowledge-sharing and employee creativity. Specifically, we use self-determination theory (SDT) to examine the impact of these three leadership styles on four aspects of online knowledge sharing (knowledge donating, knowledge collecting, lurking and active lurking) and the moderating role of organizational innovation on these relationships.

Design/methodology/approach

Data were collected from 361 employees of business-to-business organizations in Vietnam to support all our hypotheses. Structural equation modelling was used for data analysis.

Findings

Transformational, transactional and creative leadership were found to affect online knowledge sharing, wherein creative leadership had the most potent effect. Online knowledge sharing was found to mediate the impact of three types of leadership on employee creativity. The results also showed that organizational innovation moderates the influence of leadership on online knowledge sharing.

Originality/value

This paper extends the current knowledge management research on online knowledge sharing by studying two new behaviors (lurking and active lurking), linking diverse leadership styles to these behaviors and employee creativity, and exploring the moderating role of organizational innovation. Our findings shed light on the complexity of the relationship between leadership and online knowledge sharing. This study also provides valuable implications for practitioners to help them choose the most appropriate leadership style for their digitalization process to ensure optimal outcomes.

中文翻译：

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领导风格和员工创造力：在线知识共享和组织创新的互动影响

目的

本研究旨在探讨三种领导风格（交易型、变革型和创造性）对组织内在线知识共享和员工创造力的影响差异。具体来说，我们利用自我决定理论（SDT）来检验这三种领导风格对在线知识共享的四个方面（知识捐赠、知识收集、潜伏和主动潜伏）的影响以及组织创新对这些关系的调节作用。

设计/方法论/途径

我们从越南企业对企业组织的 361 名员工收集了数据来支持我们的所有假设。使用结构方程模型进行数据分析。

发现

研究发现，变革型、交易型和创造性领导力会影响在线知识共享，其中创造性领导力的影响最为有效。研究发现，在线知识共享可以调节三种领导力对员工创造力的影响。结果还表明，组织创新调节了领导力对在线知识共享的影响。

原创性/价值

本文通过研究两种新行为（潜伏和主动潜伏），将不同的领导风格与这些行为和员工创造力联系起来，并探索组织创新的调节作用，扩展了当前在线知识共享的知识管理研究。我们的研究结果揭示了领导力与在线知识共享之间关系的复杂性。这项研究还为从业者提供了宝贵的启示，帮助他们为数字化过程选择最合适的领导风格，以确保最佳结果。