Frontiers in Psychology (Sep 2022)

Leadership Style and Employees' Commitment to Service Quality: An Analysis of the Mediation Pathway via Knowledge Sharing

  • Munwar Hussain Pahi,
  • Munwar Hussain Pahi,
  • Abdul-Halim Abdul-Majid,
  • Samar Fahd,
  • Abdul Rehman Gilal,
  • Bandeh Ali Talpur,
  • Ahmad Waqas,
  • Toni Anwar

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.926779
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13

Abstract

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Very little attention has been given to understanding the commitment to service quality and desirable outcomes in the hotel industry. This study investigates the impact of directive and participative leadership on the frontline commitment to service quality through the mediation of knowledge sharing. This will eventually help us to generate the employees' commitment to service quality (CSQ) desirable behavior. The survey was distributed to 37 hotels. A total of 235 frontline employees participated in the survey. The study findings show that directive leadership has a negative relationship with CSQ. On the other hand, participative leadership positively influences CSQ. Notably, knowledge sharing mediates between directive leadership, participative leadership, and commitment to service quality. There were positive linkages between commitment to service quality and desirable outcomes, job performance, and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) and negative relation to turnover intention.

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