Knowledge Sharing and Innovative Work Behaviors are affected by Supervisor-Subordinate Guanxi with Mediation of Felt Obligations

Abstract

Given its importance in the Chinese context, the research area of "supervisor subordinate guanxi" is emerging as a way to analyze the relationship between supervisors and subordinates within a company. More research is needed on the subject of the content, antecedents, and other well-qualified assessments of supervisor subordinate guanxi, though, because this idea genuinely requires consideration in order to understand the dynamics of guanxi. The purpose of this research is to examine the impact of informal leader-member exchange (supervisor-subordinate guanxi) on employees' knowledge-sharing and innovative work behaviors. Based on social exchange theory, we recommend, guanxi with supervisor, cause employees felt obligated that improve employees knowledge sharing behaviors, and innovative work behaviors. In addition, in the current study, felt obligations as a mediator in the supervisor-subordinate guanxi and employees wok related behaviors. To test the proposed model temporally segregated data is gathered from employees belonging to service sector and analyzed data by utilizing AMOS and SPSS software. It is found that supervisor – subordinate guanxi influences employees’ knowledge sharing and innovative work behaviors by nurturing employee a sense of obligation to the organization. This study discuss the implications of these findings for understanding and promoting supervisor – subordinate guanxi and employees’ knowledge sharing and innovative work behaviors in the workplace.