Unlocking creativity in tech: How resonant leadership fuels creative performance through knowledge sharing in Indian IT firms

This paper presents a model examining how resonant leadership (RL) influences creative performance (CP) in the rapidly evolving Indian IT sector. It specifically investigates how tacit knowledge sharing (TKS)—the informal, experience-based knowledge sharing and explicit knowledge sharing (EKS) media...

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Main Authors: Jeevan John Varghese, M.K. Rao
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-12-01
Series:Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market and Complexity
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2199853124002269
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description This paper presents a model examining how resonant leadership (RL) influences creative performance (CP) in the rapidly evolving Indian IT sector. It specifically investigates how tacit knowledge sharing (TKS)—the informal, experience-based knowledge sharing and explicit knowledge sharing (EKS) mediate this relationship, alongside the role of knowledge reciprocity (KR) in linking RL with both types of knowledge sharing. A cross-sectional study was conducted involving 387 middle-level managers from various Indian IT firms using an online questionnaire, with data analyzed via the Partial Least Squares (PLS) method. The findings reveal significant positive influences of RL on TKS, EKS, KR, and CP. Additionally, TKS was found to partially mediate the relationship between RL and CP, while KR partially mediated the relationship between RL and both forms of knowledge sharing. These results provide actionable insights for executives and practitioners, emphasizing the implementation of resonant leadership and reciprocal knowledge sharing strategies to enhance creativity and performance in the Indian IT sector. This study contributes to existing literature by delineating the impacts of RL on KR, TKS, EKS, and CP, and explores multiple mediating relationships among these variables within the framework of social exchange theory.
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spelling doaj-art-c110593a424b4a10ab29d8f42f6c174e2024-12-05T05:20:16ZengElsevierJournal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market and Complexity2199-85312024-12-01104100432Unlocking creativity in tech: How resonant leadership fuels creative performance through knowledge sharing in Indian IT firmsJeevan John Varghese0M.K. Rao1Corresponding author.; Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302, IndiaDepartment of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302, IndiaThis paper presents a model examining how resonant leadership (RL) influences creative performance (CP) in the rapidly evolving Indian IT sector. It specifically investigates how tacit knowledge sharing (TKS)—the informal, experience-based knowledge sharing and explicit knowledge sharing (EKS) mediate this relationship, alongside the role of knowledge reciprocity (KR) in linking RL with both types of knowledge sharing. A cross-sectional study was conducted involving 387 middle-level managers from various Indian IT firms using an online questionnaire, with data analyzed via the Partial Least Squares (PLS) method. The findings reveal significant positive influences of RL on TKS, EKS, KR, and CP. Additionally, TKS was found to partially mediate the relationship between RL and CP, while KR partially mediated the relationship between RL and both forms of knowledge sharing. These results provide actionable insights for executives and practitioners, emphasizing the implementation of resonant leadership and reciprocal knowledge sharing strategies to enhance creativity and performance in the Indian IT sector. This study contributes to existing literature by delineating the impacts of RL on KR, TKS, EKS, and CP, and explores multiple mediating relationships among these variables within the framework of social exchange theory.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2199853124002269Creative performanceKnowledge reciprocityKnowledge sharingResonant leadershipPLS-SEMSocial exchange theory
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Unlocking creativity in tech: How resonant leadership fuels creative performance through knowledge sharing in Indian IT firms
Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market and Complexity
Creative performance
Knowledge reciprocity
Knowledge sharing
Resonant leadership
PLS-SEM
Social exchange theory
title Unlocking creativity in tech: How resonant leadership fuels creative performance through knowledge sharing in Indian IT firms
title_full Unlocking creativity in tech: How resonant leadership fuels creative performance through knowledge sharing in Indian IT firms
title_fullStr Unlocking creativity in tech: How resonant leadership fuels creative performance through knowledge sharing in Indian IT firms
title_full_unstemmed Unlocking creativity in tech: How resonant leadership fuels creative performance through knowledge sharing in Indian IT firms
title_short Unlocking creativity in tech: How resonant leadership fuels creative performance through knowledge sharing in Indian IT firms
title_sort unlocking creativity in tech how resonant leadership fuels creative performance through knowledge sharing in indian it firms
topic Creative performance
Knowledge reciprocity
Knowledge sharing
Resonant leadership
PLS-SEM
Social exchange theory
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