How workplace interruptions and rigid leadership push teams toward secrecy

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings This article aims to explore how workplace interruptions influence knowledge hiding in teams, impacted by perceived time control and by team temporal leadership. Among the study’s findings are that interruptions reduce perceived time control, which in turn increases knowledge hiding, and that this effect is amplified in teams with high temporal leadership. Additionally, higher levels of knowledge hiding were associated with lower team cohesion. The managerial insights include an urge to protect focused time and to balance temporal leadership with flexibility to mitigate these effects. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives, strategists and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.