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Unleashing employee creativity: the role of knowledge-based HRM, thriving at work and leader’s effectiveness

M. Nazmul Islam & Aida Idris

South Asian Journal of Business Studies2025https://doi.org/10.1108/sajbs-02-2024-0088article
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Purpose The research aims to enhance the creativity of employees working in the Bangladesh telecom sector. Accordingly, this study proposed a unique model and attempted to investigate the interconnection between knowledge-based human resource management (HRM) and employee creativity as well as the mediating role of thriving at work and the moderating role of the leader’s effectiveness. Design/methodology/approach This study used a quantitative approach to achieve the research objectives. Hence, through questionnaire survey, employees’ responses were collected from the telecom sector of Bangladesh at two different time lags. This study processed a total of 504 useable responses through structural equation modeling to infer the results. Findings The results show a significant relationship between knowledge-based HRM and employee creativity. Also, thriving at work mediates in the above mentioned relationship. Additionally, a leader’s effectiveness moderates the relationship between knowledge-based HRM and thriving at work, as well as thriving at work and employee creativity. Practical implications Managers should emphasize the practice of the knowledge-based HRM approach as well as stress the antecedents of thriving at work and the leader’s effectiveness to foster employees' creativity. Originality/value The research contributes to the HRM literature by providing a plausible explanation of the role of knowledge-based HRM, the mediating role of thriving at work and the moderating role of a leader’s effectiveness to enhance employee creativity.

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@article{m.2025,
  title        = {{Unleashing employee creativity: the role of knowledge-based HRM, thriving at work and leader’s effectiveness}},
  author       = {M. Nazmul Islam & Aida Idris},
  journal      = {South Asian Journal of Business Studies},
  year         = {2025},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1108/sajbs-02-2024-0088},
}

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0.41

Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40

F · citation impact0.25 × 0.4 = 0.10
M · momentum0.55 × 0.15 = 0.08
V · venue signal0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03
R · text relevance †0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20

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