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Placing the counterproductive interpersonal behavior of knowledge hiding within the transactional stress model, in this diary study we argue that the social stressors of task and relationship conflict trigger day-specific evasive hiding and playing dumb, and that these knowledge-hiding behaviors, in turn, constitute functional coping strategies in reducing exhaustion and negative affect at the end of a conflict-laden day. Accordingly, we hypothesized that day-specific interpersonal conflicts positively predict knowledge-hiding behaviors and end-of-work psychological strain indicators. We further proposed that day-specific knowledge hiding negatively predicts psychological strain, resulting in an inconsistent mediation. We tested these hypotheses with a sample of 101 employees who filled in daily surveys on 615 workdays. Results of multilevel path analyses supported our core ideas. The specific results, however …