The Impact of Authentic Leadership on Knowledge Sharing Behavior with the Moderating role of Islamic Work Ethics

Abstract

This paper aims to explore the effects of authentic leadership on knowledge-sharing behavior and moderating role of Islamic work ethics. There is limited research devoted to the authentic leadership and knowledge-sharing behaviour within the Telecom sectors of Pakistan. The objective of this study is to analyze the impact of authentic leadership on knowledge sharing behavior with moderating role of Islamic work ethics. This is a quantitative research study. Convenience sample method was used as a sampling technique for this research. The data was collected from different two organizations (Mobilink and Ufone) and questionnaire was distributed to 220 employees, working in various multinational organizations of Islamabad (Pakistan). The data was analyzed using SPSS. The result showed that authentic leadership at Telecom organizations was developed positive behavior through knowledge-sharing. Therefore, the association between authentic leadership, Islamic work ethics and knowledge-sharing behavior is positive. The contribution of this study is Islamic work ethics using first time between authentic leadership and knowledge sharing behavior which not used so far.