Hypothesis testing results
| Hypothesis | Supported | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Congruent effect of relational schema | H1a | Leader–follower expressive relational schema congruence is negatively related to employees’ knowledge hiding | YES |
| H1b | Leader–follower expressive relational schema congruence is positively related to employees’ felt obligation | NO | |
| H1c | Leader–follower instrumental relational schema congruence is negatively related to employees’ knowledge hiding | YES | |
| H1d | Leader–follower instrumental relational schema congruence is positively related to employees’ felt obligation | YES | |
| The differential effect of relational schema congruence | H2a | High–high leader–follower expressive relational schemas are associated with less knowledge-hiding behavior than low–low leader–follower expressive relational schemas | YES |
| H2b | High–high leader–follower expressive relational schemas are associated with higher levels of felt obligation than low–low leader–follower expressive relational schemas | YES | |
| H2c | Low–low leader–follower instrumental relational schema are associated with less knowledge-hiding behavior than high–high leader–follower instrumental relational schemas | NO | |
| H2d | Low–low leader–follower instrumental relational schema are associated with more felt obligation than high–high leader–follower instrumental relational schemas | NO | |
| Cases of incongruence | H3a | Followers’ knowledge hiding is lower when the leader–follower expressive relational schema exhibits low–high leader–follower incongruence than when it exhibits high–low leader–follower incongruence | YES |
| H3b | Followers’ felt obligation is greater when the leader–follower expressive relational schema exhibits low–high leader–follower incongruence than when it exhibits high–low leader–follower incongruence | YES | |
| H3c | Followers’ knowledge hiding is lower when the leader–follower instrumental relational schema exhibits low–high leader–follower incongruence than when it exhibits high–low leader–follower incongruence | YES | |
| H3d | Followers’ felt obligation is greater when the leader–follower instrumental relational schema exhibits low–high leader–follower incongruence than when it exhibits high–low leader–follower incongruence | YES | |
| Mediating effect of felt obligation | H4a | Employees’ felt obligation mediates the effect of expressive relational schema congruence on employees’ knowledge hiding | YES |
| H4b | Followers’ felt obligation mediates the effect of instrumental relational schema congruence on employees’ knowledge hiding | YES | |
| Hypothesis | Supported | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Congruent effect of relational schema | Leader–follower expressive relational schema congruence is negatively related to employees’ knowledge hiding | ||
| Leader–follower expressive relational schema congruence is positively related to employees’ felt obligation | |||
| Leader–follower instrumental relational schema congruence is negatively related to employees’ knowledge hiding | |||
| Leader–follower instrumental relational schema congruence is positively related to employees’ felt obligation | |||
| The differential effect of relational schema congruence | High–high leader–follower expressive relational schemas are associated with less knowledge-hiding behavior than low–low leader–follower expressive relational schemas | ||
| High–high leader–follower expressive relational schemas are associated with higher levels of felt obligation than low–low leader–follower expressive relational schemas | |||
| Low–low leader–follower instrumental relational schema are associated with less knowledge-hiding behavior than high–high leader–follower instrumental relational schemas | |||
| Low–low leader–follower instrumental relational schema are associated with more felt obligation than high–high leader–follower instrumental relational schemas | |||
| Cases of incongruence | Followers’ knowledge hiding is lower when the leader–follower expressive relational schema exhibits low–high leader–follower incongruence than when it exhibits high–low leader–follower incongruence | ||
| Followers’ felt obligation is greater when the leader–follower expressive relational schema exhibits low–high leader–follower incongruence than when it exhibits high–low leader–follower incongruence | |||
| Followers’ knowledge hiding is lower when the leader–follower instrumental relational schema exhibits low–high leader–follower incongruence than when it exhibits high–low leader–follower incongruence | |||
| Followers’ felt obligation is greater when the leader–follower instrumental relational schema exhibits low–high leader–follower incongruence than when it exhibits high–low leader–follower incongruence | |||
| Mediating effect of felt obligation | Employees’ felt obligation mediates the effect of expressive relational schema congruence on employees’ knowledge hiding | ||
| Followers’ felt obligation mediates the effect of instrumental relational schema congruence on employees’ knowledge hiding | |||