ABSTRACT

Cross-cultural research studies with regard to organisation citizenship behaviour (OCB) focus primarily on testing various dimensions in different cultures. We have proposed in our study that culture is positively associated with knowledge sharing (KS) and OCB in the context of UAE and have further hypothesised this association is mediated by responsible leadership (RL). The data has been collected from employees and their respective supervisors of 46 mid-sized organisations from all the Emirates of UAE. The data regarding knowledge sharing and culture has been collected directly from 437 employees belonging to diverse industry sectors and cultures. The data regarding employees’ OCB has been collected from 117 supervisors of those employees. The results depict that culture has positive relationship with KS and OCB. RL is found to partially mediate the relationship between culture and KS and culture and OCB. Further, the findings, implications on managerial practices, and future research directions are discussed.

摘要

关于组织公民行为（OCB）的跨文化研究主要集中在测试不同文化中的各个维度。我们在研究中提出，文化与阿联酋背景下的知识共享 (KS) 和 OCB 呈正相关，并进一步假设这种关联是由负责任的领导 (RL) 介导的。这些数据是从阿联酋所有阿联酋的 46 个中型组织的员工及其各自的主管那里收集的。有关知识共享和文化的数据直接来自属于不同行业和文化的 437 名员工。有关员工 OCB 的数据是从这些员工的 117 名主管那里收集的。结果表明，文化与KS和OCB呈正相关。RL 被发现在文化与 KS 以及文化与 OCB 之间的关系中起到部分中介作用。此外，还讨论了研究结果、对管理实践的影响以及未来的研究方向。