Investigating the Employees’ Tendency towards Knowledge Sharing Behavior and Job Engagement through Diversified Leadership in Corona Conditions (A Study Case: Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences)

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of diversity-oriented leadership on employee’s knowledge sharing behavior and job engagement by considering the mediating role of transparent internal communication and satisfaction of internal needs (self-determination theory). The present study is one of the first experimental studies that shows the application of self-determination theory in critical conditions of Covid 19 virus.

This research is an applied research based on the purpose, and it is a survey correlation based on the research strategy. The statistical population of this study includes the staff of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences and the sample size is 220 persons using sample power software and the sampling method is simple random. Analyzing the data was performed using structural equation method through Amos software.

According to the findings of this study, the variables of “transparent communication” and “internal needs satisfaction” have a partial mediating role in the impact of diversified-oriented leadership on job engagement and knowledge sharing.

To understand the effectiveness of internal critical communication, leadership behaviors as well as increasing the employees’ outcome and output, the basic psychological needs of employees must be put under consideration to the extent that they feel competent in their job, have control over their job scope, and communicate effectively with other colleagues at work.