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Determination of Optimal Leadership Styles Through Knowledge Management: A Case from the Automotive Industry

Mohammad Hakkak (), Khaled Nawaser, Ali Vafaei-Zadeh () and Haniruzila Hanifah ()
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Mohammad Hakkak: Department of Management, Lorestan University, Lorestan, Iran
Khaled Nawaser: ��Institute of Scientific Research and Graduate School, Universidad de Lima, Lima, Peru
Ali Vafaei-Zadeh: ��Graduate School of Business, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Haniruzila Hanifah: ��Graduate School of Business, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia

International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), 2021, vol. 18, issue 04, 1-22

Abstract: This study proposed a model to examine the impact of various leadership styles on knowledge management. This case study identified the best leadership style, which can affect the key factors of the knowledge management success. The statistical population was composed of all staff of the Pars Khodro Company headquarters in Iran, in which 226 people were accordingly chosen as the sample. The required data for examining research hypotheses were also collected using questionnaire. Results revealed the impact of leadership styles on knowledge management. The transformational leadership style was consequently found to have a positive and significant impact on the knowledge management key success factors, in contrast with other leadership styles including self-management, pragmatic, conservative and structure-based.

Keywords: Leadership styles; knowledge management key success factors; transformational leadership; automotive industry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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