Knowledge Sharing and Entrepreneurial Leadership in Enhancing Employee Performance: The Mediating Role of Innovative Work Behavior
Keywords:
Employee Performance, Entrepreneurial Leadership, Innovative Work Behavior, Knowledge Sharing, SMEsAbstract
This study aims to examine the effect of knowledge sharing and entrepreneurial leadership on employee performance, with innovative work behaviour acting as a mediating variable. In the current competitive organisational environment, improving employee performance is essential and can be influenced by leadership style, knowledge exchange among employees, and employees’ ability to generate and implement innovative ideas. Therefore, this study investigates how knowledge sharing and entrepreneurial leadership contribute to employee performance both directly and indirectly through innovative work behaviour. This research uses a quantitative, survey-based approach. Data were collected from 69 respondents and analysed using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) with the Partial Least Squares (PLS) approach. The analysis was conducted to evaluate the relationships among knowledge sharing, entrepreneurial leadership, innovative work behaviour, and employee performance. The results show that knowledge sharing and entrepreneurial leadership have a positive and significant effect on employee performance. Furthermore, both knowledge sharing and entrepreneurial leadership significantly influence innovative work behaviour. Innovative work behaviour also has a positive and significant effect on employee performance. The mediation analysis reveals that innovative work behaviour significantly mediates the relationship between entrepreneurial leadership and employee performance. However, innovative work behaviour does not significantly mediate the relationship between knowledge sharing and employee performance. In conclusion, entrepreneurial leadership and knowledge sharing are important factors in improving employee performance. Organisations are encouraged to strengthen knowledge-sharing practices and promote entrepreneurial leadership to stimulate innovative work behaviour and enhance employee performance.
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