Benevolent leadership enhances organizational learning through communication, trust, and knowledge sharing

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<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>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Benevolent leadership enhances organizational learning through communication, trust, and knowledge sharing

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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&apos;s ability to adapt and innovate.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Benevolent leadership enhances organizational learning through communication, trust, and knowledge sharing

Popis výsledku anglicky

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&apos;s ability to adapt and innovate.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Scientific reports

ISSN

2045-2322

e-ISSN

2045-2322

Svazek periodika

15

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

DE - Spolková republika Německo

Počet stran výsledku

11

Strana od-do

"Article Number: 29769"

Kód UT WoS článku

001551303100041

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105013461493