Enhancing Job Performance: The Effect of Wise Leadership and Knowledge Sharing

Abstract Today's business life requires leadership in increasingly complex and rapidly changing information age. Acquiring, creating and transferring knowledge to solve the complexity can have significant effects on employees depending on the preferred leadership style. Specific leadership styles have knowledge sharing oriented effects on managing uncertainty and employee behavior. Therefore, leaders should access, transfer and use more information while managing their employees. However, the lack of research examining the impact of wise leadership on employee behaviors is noteworthy. In this context, the main objective of this study is to explore the mediating role of knowledge sharing in the relationship between wise leadership and job performance. The study sample consisted of 318 employees working at the headquarters of a private bank. The collected data were analyzed with SPSS, AMOS and PROCESS macro application. As a result of the study, it was found that the hypotheses proposed for this study were supported. In this context, it was revealed that wise leadership has a positive effect on knowledge sharing and job performance, and knowledge sharing has a positive effect on job performance. Furthermore, the results provided empirical evidence supporting the mediating role of knowledge sharing in the impact of wise leadership on job performance. JEL classification numbers: D83, L25, J53. Keywords: Job performance, Wise leadership, Knowledge sharing.