Abstract

This study examines how despotic Leadership impacts the Knowledge hiding in the workplace with examine the mediating role of psychological contract violation reactions to Despotic Leadership and how Islamic work ethics can weaken the effects of the relationship between psychological contract violation and knowledge hiding. Data was collected from 196 workers in industries in Iran. Results reveals a positive correlation between employees perceiving their Leader as despotic and engaging in knowledge hiding. Researchers discovered that when despotic Leadership occurs, psychological contract violations mediate the relationship between despotic Leadership and knowledge hiding.Moreover, the effect of Knowledge hiding in this relationship can be weakened when Islamic work ethics are present. Ethics is important in every workplace and should be upheld by those managing the organization. Transparent communication, honoring commitments, and verbal agreements with employees can benefit the work environment. This study explores how a COR framework can theoretically address knowledge hiding. Additionally, it explains that Islamic work ethics can moderate the effect of a leader with a negative style.