Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine knowledge sharing with external partners
within the China context, demonstrating that paternalistic leadership combined with the
resulting reciprocal relations between leaders and employees are accountable for
knowledge transfer with external partners based on social exchange. Design/methodology/
approach This study collected data at two time-points and obtained 391 usable observations
for hypothesis testing using questionnaire surveys administered to the managers of major …

ScholarWorks@Hongik: Parternalistic leadership and knowledge sharing with outsiders in
emerging economies: Based on social exchange relations … Parternalistic leadership and
knowledge sharing with outsiders in emerging economies: Based on social exchange
relations … Citation Asia Academy of Management and Taiwan Academy of Management
Annual Joint Conference, v.1, no.1, pp.1 - 36 …