Impact of Transformational Leadership on Innovative Work Behavior: Exploring the Mediating Role of Online Knowledge Sharing

Abstract

The aim of the study is to investigate the direct impact of transformational leadership on innovative work behavior as well as the indirect impact through mediation of online knowledge sharing in the HEIs of Islamabad. This study also examines the role of perceived supervisor support that strength or weaken the relationship between transformational leadership and online knowledge sharing. Regression, correlation, mediation and moderated mediation analysis have been conducted. The result demonstrates that transformational leadership affects innovative work behavior both directly and indirectly through the mediator online knowledge sharing and perceived supervisor support moderates the indirect relationship between transformational leadership and innovative work behavior through online knowledge sharing.