Strategies to improve innovation behaviour of employees are important to create new opportunities and sustainability. Knowledge-oriented leadership and knowledge-sharing climate are two pivot factors to set up employee innovation behaviour. This study aims to analyse the effect of knowledge-oriented leadership and knowledge-sharing climate on innovation behaviour through knowledge-sharing behaviour. The respondents of this study were 90 educational staff of private universities in Central Java, Indonesia and the data was then analysed by using partial least square. The results showed that knowledge-oriented leadership had a positive and significant effect on knowledge-sharing behaviour and innovative behaviour, but knowledgesharing climate had a positive and significant effect on Knowledge sharing behaviour but had no significant effect on innovative behaviour. Knowledgesharing behaviour can mediate the relationship between knowledge-oriented leadership and innovative behaviour; and knowledge-sharing climate and innovative behaviour. The implication of these results will be presented in discussion section.