Drawing on organizational knowledge creation theory, this study examined the associations of organizational knowledge creation with employee expertise and quality of interpersonal relationships. It also examined the moderating roles of transformational leadership in explaining these relationships. Hierarchical linear modeling was performed to analyze multilevel data collected from 218 employees across 44 teams in diverse U.S. organizations. The study results indicated that employee expertise, quality of interpersonal relationships, and transformational leadership are positively associated with organizational knowledge creation. Unexpectedly, a negative moderating role of transformational leadership was found when explaining the relationship between organizational knowledge creation and quality of interpersonal relationships. It showed no moderating effect of transformational leadership in explaining the organizational knowledge creation and employee expertise relationship. The findings improve our understanding of organizational knowledge creation and enabling conditions and provide meaningful insights into the role of transformational leadership interacting with relationships in teams. The implications of these findings for research and practice are also discussed.

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组织知识创造的跨层次分析：变革型领导者如何与下属的专业知识和人际关系互动？

本研究借鉴组织知识创造理论，考察了组织知识创造与员工专业知识和人际关系质量的关联。它还研究了变革型领导在解释这些关系方面的调节作用。执行分层线性建模以分析从不同美国组织的 44 个团队的 218 名员工收集的多级数据。研究结果表明，员工的专业知识、人际关系质量和变革型领导与组织知识创造呈正相关。出乎意料的是，在解释组织知识创造与人际关系质量之间的关系时，发现了变革型领导的负面调节作用。它没有显示变革型领导在解释组织知识创造和员工专长关系方面的调节作用。这些发现提高了我们对组织知识创造和有利条件的理解，并为变革型领导与团队关系互动的作用提供了有意义的见解。还讨论了这些发现对研究和实践的影响。