Redefining knowledge hiding in the workplace: an in-depth qualitative study

Deepika Swain is based at the School of Human Resource Management, XIM University Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, India. She is a Doctoral Scholar in the area of human resource management in School of Human Resource Management, XIM University, Bhubaneswar, India. She happens to be a Research Associate for close to a decade at XLRI, Jamshedpur. She has gained adequate experience in International Human Resource Management while doing her master’s in international business at GITAM Institute of Foreign Trade, Visakhapatnam. Her stint at XLRI, exposed her to the research areas of Branding, Social and Societal marketing. Her research interests are in the areas of Neuroscientific interventions in business, Neuro-leadership, Neuro-counselling, Positive Psychology, Organizational Behavior, & Human Resource Management.

Lalatendu Kesari Jena is based at the School of Human Resource Management, XIM University Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, India. He is an Associate Professor (OB and HR) in School of Human Resource Management, XIM University, Bhubaneswar, India. He has more than 20 years of experience in both academics and corporate HR (with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Indian Defence PSU), including seven years as Faculty Member in HR at ICFAI University, Hyderabad, India and Central University of Orissa, India. He specializes in the areas of human resource planning, performance management, learning and development, and talent assessment. His research interest lies in areas such as HRM and Sustainable Development Goals; Self-steering, self-Organizing Teams and Leadership; Job Crafting; Job Insecurity; Millennial's and work ethics; Return on Investment in HR Programs; Sustainable HR through Disruptive Leadership; Attitude and Productivity; Joy at Work; Workplace Persuasion; Employee Retention and Leadership Challenges; Abusive Supervision; Performance in Multi-tasking Environment; Stress and Coping; Meaningful Engagement and he has published papers on them in tiered national and international journals. He has completed his Ph.D. from IIT Kharagpur, India (#=314 in QS Global World University Rankings 2021) on the topic “Workplace Spirituality and Human Resource Effectiveness” and did his Post Doc. on “Employee Retention and Leadership Challenges” at Loyola Leadership School, Universidad Loyola, Seville, Spain (ranked #581-590 in QS Global World University Rankings 2021).