Exploring the impact of empowering leadership on knowledge sharing, absorptive capacity and team performance in IT service

Jungwoo Lee, Hyejung Lee, Jun-Gi Park · 2014 · Information Technology and People

Summary. Empowering leadership by team leaders significantly improves IT project team performance through two mechanisms: increased knowledge sharing among team members and enhanced team absorptive capacity. Analysis of 315 individuals across 85 IT projects demonstrates that empowering leadership proves more effective than charismatic or directive approaches for boosting team performance, with knowledge sharing directly improving project outcomes while also strengthening the relationship between absorptive capacity and performance.

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  author  = {Jungwoo Lee and Hyejung Lee and Jun-Gi Park},
  journal = {Information Technology and People},
  year    = {2014},
  doi     = {10.1108/itp-10-2012-0115},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1108/itp-10-2012-0115}
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DOI

10.1108/itp-10-2012-0115

Countries

South Korea

Regions

Asia

Categories

innovation-networks, general-innovation

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2026-04-28