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Drawing on an integrated framework combining the AMO model, social exchange theory, and goal orientation theory, this study develops and tests a moderated mediation model in which HPWS are associated with innovative work behavior (IWB) through knowledge hiding, with performance goal orientation (PGO) serving as a boundary condition on the relationship between HPWS and knowledge hiding. Using survey data from 456 full-time employees working in China, the results indicate that employees\u2019 perceptions of HPWS are negatively associated with knowledge hiding and positively associated with IWB, whereas knowledge hiding is negatively associated with IWB. Moreover, PGO strengthened the negative relationship between HPWS and knowledge hiding, such that this negative relationship is more pronounced at higher levels of PGO. Consistent with this pattern, the indirect positive association between HPWS and IWB via reduced knowledge hiding is stronger when employees report higher levels of PGO. 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