Servant leadership and team performance: The mediating role of knowledge-sharing climate

• Chanhoo Song

  Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

• Kwangseo Ryan Park

  Pay Governance Global Consulting Group, Republic of Korea

• Seung-Wan Kang

  Gachon University

We examined servant leadership as a precursor to a knowledge-sharing climate and demonstrated the mediating role of knowledge-sharing climate in the relationship between servant leadership and team performance. Data from 67 teams, comprising 1,884 direct sales representatives of a large cosmetics company in South Korea, were analyzed at the team level. Actual team sales data were obtained from the company 3 months after surveying, and regression analyses and bootstrapping were used to test the hypotheses. The results showed 2 key findings: servant leadership positively affected the knowledge-sharing climate of the team; and knowledge-sharing climate mediated the relationship between servant leadership and team sales performance. Theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed.

1. Chanhoo Song, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
   Department of Business and Technology Management
2. Kwangseo Ryan Park, Pay Governance Global Consulting Group, Republic of Korea

3. Seung-Wan Kang, Gachon University
   College of Business

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