The Impact of Ethical Leadership and Motivation to Innovative Work Behavior with Friendly Relationship Knowledge Sharing Mediating Variables in Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

Abstract

This research is aimed at determining the influence of ethical leadership and motivation on innovative work behavior (IWB) with Friendly Relationship Knowledge Sharing in Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) as the mediating variable. Furthermore, the method used is quantitative research that involves a sample size of 197 respondents within a population of SMEs in the culinary field in the City of Depok, South Tangerang, Indonesia. The Partial Least Square (PLS) technique of the SmartPLS computer software is used to analyze the research data. The findings of this research suggest that Ethical Leadership and Motivation have a positive effect on IWB, and Friendly Relationship Knowledge Sharing significantly mediates the influence of Ethical leadership on IWB. The results of this research will contribute immensely to SMEs to enable them to survive and compete with larger business enterprises.