Abstract
Scholars have made great efforts to investigate the antecedents of knowledge sharing. In the current study, we applied the proactive motivation model (Parker et al., 2010) to propose a theoretical model to advance this research line and examined the relationship between coaching and knowledge sharing. A total of 197 subordinates embedded in 32 teams from a logistics company completed the survey questionnaire. Our results show that leaders’ coaching behavior is positively related to employees’ knowledge sharing behavior through increased psychological availability. Furthermore, our results show that the team psychological safety climate can strengthen the effect of psychological availability on employees’ knowledge sharing behavior, as well as the indirect effect of leaders’ coaching behavior on employees’ knowledge sharing via psychological availability (i.e., a moderated mediation effect).
Highlights
The performance challenges inherent in the current work environment call for sharing and collaboration among team members (De Long and Fahey, 2000; Reinholt et al, 2011; Kim and Yun, 2015)
Coaching behavior was positively correlated with psychological availability (r = 0.29, p < 0.01), and psychological availability was positively correlated with knowledge sharing (r = 0.47, p < 0.01), which provides preliminary support for Hypotheses 2 and 3
To test the moderated mediation model, we examined whether the indirect effect of coaching behavior on knowledge sharing through psychological availability differed significantly at different levels of team psychological safety climates (Edwards and Lambert, 2007)
Summary
The performance challenges inherent in the current work environment call for sharing and collaboration among team members (De Long and Fahey, 2000; Reinholt et al, 2011; Kim and Yun, 2015). Literature from both practitioners and academics highlights the importance of knowledge sharing (e.g., Reinholt et al, 2011; Kim and Yun, 2015). It is not easy to motivate employees to share knowledge with colleagues voluntarily
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