Benevolent leadership enhances organizational learning through communication, trust, and knowledge sharing
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62690094%3A18450%2F25%3A50022671" target="_blank" >RIV/62690094:18450/25:50022671 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-15170-x" target="_blank" >https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-15170-x</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-15170-x" target="_blank" >10.1038/s41598-025-15170-x</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Benevolent leadership enhances organizational learning through communication, trust, and knowledge sharing
Original language description
This research addresses a significant gap in existing literature, which predominantly focuses on mainstream leadership styles, like transactional or transformational leadership. It illustrates how benevolent leadership, characterized by warmth and a paternalistic approach, can foster environments conducive to knowledge sharing and organizational learning. Utilizing a survey of 350 respondents from various knowledge-intensive organizations, the study employs structural equation modelling to analyze the data. The findings challenge the conventional belief that benevolent leadership inherently promotes a learning environment, suggesting that its effectiveness is significantly amplified when combined with trust and open communication. This study contributes to theoretical advancements by integrating social exchange theory with organizational learning, highlighting that the reciprocity triggered by benevolent leadership encourages employees to engage in positive knowledge-sharing behaviors, thereby enhancing organizational learning capabilities. For practitioners, these insights emphasize the importance of nurturing leadership styles that support trust and openness to foster a culture where knowledge is freely shared, thus enhancing the organization's ability to adapt and innovate.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Scientific reports
ISSN
2045-2322
e-ISSN
2045-2322
Volume of the periodical
15
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
"Article Number: 29769"
UT code for WoS article
001551303100041
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105013461493