House and Dessler (1974) defined a supportive leader (support being one of the aspects of an empowering leader) as someone who provides guidance to followers, treats them fairly, and recognizes their inputs as valuable. Accordingly, team members are likely to receive fair recognition by an empowering leader for their contribution of ideas and information, which motivates them to share their unique knowledge with one another. Similarly, participative decisionmaking and coaching behaviors of an empowering leader will also encourage knowledge sharing in teams. When a leader models and engages in participative decision making, there are more opportunities for team members to share their ideas. For example, a leader may give team members a chance to voice their opinions and encourage them to express suggestions. Under such circumstances, the odds are higher that the input of team members will actually influence decision making, and team members might therefore find their knowledge sharing practically relevant. In forming and giving autonomy motivate a search for solutions both within and outside a team and a greater collaborative attempt to help one another through knowledge sharing. According to Arnold and coauthors (2000), the coaching behavior of an empowering leader includes encouraging team members to solve problems together, thereby providing them with opportunities to share their knowledge. Thus, for all the above reasons, it is quite likely that an empowering leader will promote knowledge sharing.