The Role of Moral Disengagement in the Relationship between Exploitative Leadership and Counterproductive Knowledge Behavior: A Field Study on Employees of Egyptian Tax Authority in Damietta Governorate

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1 Faculty of Commerce -Damietta University

2 Faculty of Commerce-Damietta University

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This research aims to identify the effect of exploitative leadership on both counterproductive knowledge behaviors (knowledge hiding, and knowledge sabotage), and moral disengagement, as well as the relationship between moral disengagement and counterproductive knowledge behaviors. Also, this research aims to determine whether moral disengagement mediates the relationship between exploitative leadership and counterproductive knowledge behaviors. The research was conducted on a sample of 222 individuals working in the Egyptian Tax Authority in Damietta Governorate, and using the PLS-SEM method, the research hypotheses were tested. The results of the statistical analysis revealed that there was a significant positive effect of exploitative leadership on both counterproductive knowledge behaviors and moral disengagement. Also, it was found that there is a significant positive effect of moral disengagement on counterproductive knowledge behaviors. The results also showed that moral disengagement plays a mediating role in the relationship between exploitative leadership and counterproductive knowledge behaviors. In light of the results, the research proposed a set of recommendations that may help decision makers in the Egyptian Tax Authority. The research also presented some suggestions for future studies.

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