Intelligent Leadership and Its Effect on Knowledge Sharing Behavior among Academic Staff in Kenyan Universities

Purpose: The main is to assess the impact of intelligent leadership in Kenyan universities on knowledge sharing behavior. Approach/Methodology/Design: The research was motivated by Path Target Theory. An explanatory research design was adopted with a positivism approach. The target population consisted of 6400 and a selection of 366 academic workers from 14 chattered Nairobi County Kenyan universities. The study used a stratified technique to select the academic staff of the university into 14 strata representing each university in Nairobi County, Kenya, using simple random sampling. The study used a stratified technique to select the academic staff of the university into 14 strata representing each university in Nairobi County, Kenya. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used for analysis while hypotheses were tested using multiple regression. Findings: The regression results indicated that emotional leadership (β = 0.37, p<0.05) and spiritual leadership (β = 0.11, p<0.05). Practical Implications: In addition, this study recommends that intelligent leadership in the sharing of knowledge is necessary in order for university leaders to consider leadership areas in  university. Originality/value: The study concluded that a high percentage of intelligent leadership results in improved behavior of sharing employee knowledge that is essential to transform Kenyan universities and drive the behavior of sharing knowledge.