... Purpose The authors wanted to study the antecedents of knowledge hiding from a leadership perspective. Design/methodology/approach The authors tested two hypotheses on high-tech employees in China. H1 was: “There is a curvilinear relationship between knowledge leadership and knowledge hiding...

... different opinions should be an integral part of a culture whereby organizational members frequently interact in order to acquire, generate and exchange the knowledge needed to help the firm sustain a competitive position. In many instances, effective knowledge leadership will prove the catalyst...