Moderating effect of Spirituality on the relationship between Workplace incivility and Knowledge hiding behavior
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2018
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University of Management and Technology
Abstract
Creative ideas wouldn’t be developed where knowledge hiding prevails and prevents colleagues
to share their ideas with each and other. In accordance with social exchange theory, to be good in
case of doing good and vice versa. By applying social exchange theory, it has been observed
employees hide their knowledge when they have uncivilized environment in which they are
working. Imbalanced environment in term of attitude causes knowledge hiding. This negativity
also creates a gap in their personal and professional life.
Factor of spirituality is being used as a moderator for the reduction of positive relationship
between knowledge hiding & workplace incivility. Attachment theory has been used to support
spirituality as a moderator. Those who are near to spirituality, are found, lesser in knowledge
hiding. This study is being conducted for the explicit understanding the role of spirituality in the
workplace by taking it as a moderator between workplace incivility & knowledge hiding in
textile companies of Lahore, Pakistan. Additionally, it has been examined that how spirituality
reduces the relationship among these variables. By collecting the data from 223 employees after
excluding the outliers, which consist on senior managers, middle managers and officers from the
six different textile companies of Lahore, results of this study reveals that spirituality has
positive outcomes when knowledge is hidden by employees in shape of playing dumb, evasive &
rationalize hiding. The finding showed that spirituality significantly affects the relationship
between incivility at workplace & knowledge hiding behavior between employees.
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Supervised by: Dr. Ameer A. Basit
Keywords
Workplace incivility, knowledge hiding behaviour, Spirituality, social exchange theory, attachment theory