A moderated mediation model of despotic leadership and knowledge sabotage behavior

Usama, Muhammad, Garavan, Thomas N., Karatepe, Osman M., Akhtar, Muhammad Waheed, Rescalvo-Martin, Elisa and Aslam, Muhammad Kashif (2024) A moderated mediation model of despotic leadership and knowledge sabotage behavior. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 124. ISSN 02784319

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Abstract

Our paper develops and tests a moderated mediation model of despotic leadership (DL) and knowledge sabotage behavior (KSB). The model assesses: (a) the link between DL and KSB; (b) emotional dissonance as a mediator between DL and KSB; (c) willpower and waypower as the two moderators of the effect of DL on the aforesaid undesirable outcome; and (d) willpower and waypower as the two moderators of the effect of DL on KSB via emotional dissonance. To gauge these relationships, we used time-lagged data obtained from hotel frontline employees. Most of the hypothesized associations are supported, and the model we proposed is viable. Managers’ DL heightens employees’ KSBs, and emotional dissonance mediates this link. FLEs’ waypower reduces the detrimental effect of DL on KSB. Waypower also mitigates the deleterious effect of DL on the said outcome via emotional dissonance.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Despotic leadership; Emotional dissonance; Frontline employees; Hope; Knowledge sabotage; Waypower; Willpower
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HF Commerce > Business Ethics H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > Specific Industries > Hospitality Industry H Social Sciences > HM Sociology > Leadership H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management > Human Resource Management > Leadership
Divisions:	School of Business > Staff Research and Publications
Depositing User:	Tamara Malone
Date Deposited:	04 Sep 2025 15:33
Last Modified:	04 Sep 2025 15:33
URI:	https://norma.ncirl.ie/id/eprint/8743

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