IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/spr/futbus/v11y2025i1d10.1186_s43093-025-00480-3.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Examining the mediating role of employee creativity: a study of how knowledge management influences and employee performance works in higher education institutions

Author

Listed:
  • Megha Ojha

    (Graphic Era deemed to be University)

  • Vinay Kandpal

    (Graphic Era deemed to be University)

  • Archana Singh

    (Graphic Era deemed to be University)

Abstract

Higher education institutions (HEIs) endeavor to increase employee performance (EP) by fostering employee creativity (EC) and knowledge management (KM) in order to gain and maintain a competitive edge. While taking into account the user's viewpoint on the impact of knowledge management (KM) processes—more especially, knowledge creation, retention, dissemination, and utilization—in HEIs, this study critically reviews the body of current literature. The study primarily examines how creative motivation may improve productivity among employees and how employee creativity can act as a mediator in the interaction between knowledge management and employee performance. A structured survey was administered to 432 academic staff members from India's research-intensive HEIs, and SPSS and AMOS were used for statistical analysis. The results show that employee performance is significantly impacted by knowledge management both directly and indirectly through employee inventiveness. In order to maximize knowledge-driven innovation and productivity, academic administrators and policymakers can benefit greatly from the insights, this study provides on the dynamic interactions among knowledge management, employee creativity, and institutional performance in HEIs.

Suggested Citation

  • Megha Ojha & Vinay Kandpal & Archana Singh, 2025. "Examining the mediating role of employee creativity: a study of how knowledge management influences and employee performance works in higher education institutions," Future Business Journal, Springer, vol. 11(1), pages 1-16, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:futbus:v:11:y:2025:i:1:d:10.1186_s43093-025-00480-3
    DOI: 10.1186/s43093-025-00480-3
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://link.springer.com/10.1186/s43093-025-00480-3
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1186/s43093-025-00480-3?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:spr:futbus:v:11:y:2025:i:1:d:10.1186_s43093-025-00480-3. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.springer.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.