2020
DOI: 10.1108/md-08-2019-1069
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Abusive supervision and knowledge sharing: moderating roles of Islamic work ethic and learning goal orientation

Abstract: PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to extend the scant literature on the effect of abusive supervision on knowledge sharing by examining the roles of Islamic work ethic and learning goal orientation in moderating the effect.Design/methodology/approachThis paper utilizes a cross-lagged survey research design to collect data from 735 employees working in the services and manufacturing sectors of Pakistan.FindingsThe data analysis revealed that abusive supervision has a damaging effect on knowledge sharing in th… Show more

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“…Higher Education Commission of Pakistan has authorized universities that an applicant must have 16 years of education with a minimum of 2 years of work experience to be enrolled in MBA executive (which served the purpose). Second, although English is considered as the official language, still many of the employees remained unable to understand English ( Raja et al, 2004 ; Islam et al, 2019 , 2020a , b ), thus educated people were selected as they can better respond to the questionnaires in English. Finally, during the lockdown, data collection was difficult in real settings.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Higher Education Commission of Pakistan has authorized universities that an applicant must have 16 years of education with a minimum of 2 years of work experience to be enrolled in MBA executive (which served the purpose). Second, although English is considered as the official language, still many of the employees remained unable to understand English ( Raja et al, 2004 ; Islam et al, 2019 , 2020a , b ), thus educated people were selected as they can better respond to the questionnaires in English. Finally, during the lockdown, data collection was difficult in real settings.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Abusive supervision according to Tepper (2000) is an underlying perception of how supervisors or their superiors display unfriendly or hostile behavior both verbally and non-verbally on an ongoing basis, excluding physical contact. Based on research conducted by Islam et al, (2020) study supporting abusive supervision is one factor in achieving this agenda, by examining their direct effect and 130 interactions on knowledge sharing. While information and knowledge are important supporting factors for organizational success and sustainability (Kim et al, 2016), this study shows that knowledge sharing is very disturbed when supervisors are considered as decision-makers (Jiang & Gu, 2016), engaging in abusive behavior.…”
Section: Abusive Supervision and Knowledge Sharingmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…organizational leadership and HRM, to develop and test a model that explains how ethical leadership may indirectly promote green behavior at work through its positive influence on GHRM. We focus on ethical leadership because it is a cross-culturally endorsed style of organizational leadership (Ahmad et al , 2020a, b), whereby leaders take responsibility of the effects of their actions and decisions on the natural environment and society at large (Kalshoven et al , 2011; Islam et al , 2021). In addition, the current study explores the boundary condition placed by the environmental knowledge of employees in the effects of ethical leadership on their green behavior in the workplace.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%