The Relationship between Authentic leadership and Knowledge Sharing through the mediating Role of Creative work Behaviors: An applied study on a sample of managers in the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs in Baghdad

Abstract

This research aims to measure the impact of authentic leadership in cognitive sharing through the application of creative work behaviors at the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs in Baghdad. In order to achieve this, the dimensions of authentic leadership, namely (self-awareness, perspective of self-ethical behavior, transparency of relationships, balanced treatment). The dimensions of cognitive sharing (knowledge sharing, knowledge collection) while the dimensions of creative work behaviors (generating an idea, promoting an idea, realizing the idea) and the leader-member exchange theory so that to test the hypotheses of the study. The non-probabilistic (convenience) sample was used on (84) employees-out of the total participants number of (275) of the senior and middle administration (directors, heads) of the Ministry of Social Affairs operating in Baghdad, as a questionnaire of (100) copies was distributed on the study sample, where (91) copies were retrieved, i.e. (91%) with (9) not recovered, After examining the retrieved copies it was shown that (7) of them were not valid, thus making (84) the valid number of the total copies, A number of descriptive statistical methods were also used to analyze the data collected along with the (AMOS & SPSS V.23) statistical analyses software. The results showed a positive relation between the authentic leadership and the cognitive sharing. The results also showed that the creative work behavior played a partial mediation between authentic leadership and knowledge sharing, so based on these results, theoretical and applicable contents were presented in order to have the results of the study generalized.