The Influence of Transformational Leadership, Knowledge Sharing, and Innovative Work Behavior on Millenial Employee Performance

Introduction / Main Objectives: Today's leaders a highly dynamic environment where change is a constant problem. To change effectively, employee must share the leader's vision and be willing to commit to achieving the leader's direction. This research explores the relationship between transformational leadership, knowledge sharing, and innovative work behavior on employee performance. Background Problems: In a rapidly changing and dynamic atmosphere, startup companies do not yet have a clear structure for setting employee goals and expectations. This affects their employee performance. Novelty: This research provides valuable novelty in designing effective leadership and knowledge management strategies to improve employee performance and overall organizational success in start up education technology. Research Methods: The research method was purposive sampling with a non-random sampling technique involving 100 respondents from start up education technology employees who belonged to the millennial generation. Hypotheses were tested using SmartPLS. Finding/ Results: The research results show that innovative work behavior has a significant positive impact on employee performance. However, knowledge sharing and transformational leadership have an insignificant influence on employee performance. Conclusion: Innovative work behaviour has a beneficial effect in increasing employee performance. The practical implication is that leaders and managers in educational technology startup companies need to pay attention to the importance of supporting a culture of knowledge sharing and providing support for innovative work behavior to improve employee performance.