The Impact of Perceived Relative Qualification on Knowledge Hiding: Modeling of Peer Ostracism as a Mediator and Humble Leadership as a Moderator | ||
| المجلة العلمية للدراسات والبحوث المالية والتجارية | ||
| Volume 7, Issue 1, January 2026, Pages 623-653 PDF (814.92 K) | ||
| Document Type: المقالة الأصلية | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/cfdj.2025.426759.2384 | ||
| Author | ||
| Yomna Mohamed Yousef El-Daly* | ||
| كلية التجارة، جامعة دمياط | ||
| Abstract | ||
| As employees’ knowledge-hiding behavior may lead to massive economic losses for organizations, this research aims to investigate how employees with relatively high qualifications tend to hide knowledge from their peers under the mediating role of peer ostracism. The study also explores the moderating role of humble leadership in the relationship between peer ostracism and knowledge hiding. Data was collected from 408 employees working in banks located in Damietta and Port Said governorates. The findings indicate that perceived relative qualification does not directly impact knowledge hiding but significantly increases peer ostracism. Further, peer ostracism has a significant positive impact on knowledge hiding. The results also confirmed a full mediating role of peer ostracism in the relationship between perceived relative qualification and knowledge hiding. Finally, humble leadership was found to moderate the relationship between peer ostracism and knowledge hiding. The research findings provide valuable implications for both scholars and bank managers. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| perceived relative qualification; social comparison theory; knowledge hiding; peer ostracism; humble leadership | ||
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