Moderating role of power distance in the relationship between leader-leader exchange (LLX) and knowledge sharing: is feedback-seeking behavior a missing link?

Rayees Farooq is currently working as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati. He received his PhD in Organizational Behavior from Lovely Professional University, Punjab. Prior to this, he completed his MPhil and MBA. His research interests are Knowledge management, Business Performance Management and Frugal Innovation. He has around two dozen publications in peer-reviewed journals. He is also a reviewer for the International Journal of Innovation Science (Emerald), Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Outsourcing (Emerald) and International Journal of Knowledge Management (Web of Science).

Nachiketa Tripathi received his doctorate in Social Psychology from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and presently working with the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati as a Professor of Psychology and Management. He has over 20 years of teaching and research experience. He has published his research work in reputed journals. Also, he has presented his research work at several international conferences, such as the American Psychological Association convention, International Congress of Psychology, International Congress of Applied Psychology and European Congress of Psychology. He has supervised seven doctoral dissertations. Prof Tripathi’s areas of research are influence strategies, gender, organizational culture, knowledge management and organizational learning.