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The Impact of Personal and Positional Powers on Knowledge Management Systems

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  • Vincent Scovetta

    (Long Island University, Brookville, NY, USA)

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The importance of Knowledge Management System (KMS) to an evolving knowledge economy has been reported in the literature for many years. This importance, in part, is due to KMS's ability to foster positive organizational value by increase its competitive edge. Organizational leadership has repeatedly appeared in the literature as a reliable determinant of KMS success. While researchers have identified many of the critical success factors that influence that success, the subconstructs of leader power remains elusive. This study was able to empirically demonstrate the predominate construct of Expert and Reward powers were positive, significant, and consistent across all KMS constructs (leadership commitment to KMS, knowledge content quality, knowledge system quality, and knowledge use). Legitimate power demonstrated negative influences on various KMS constructs. Information powers had varying degrees of success while Coercive power was not statistically significant.

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  • Vincent Scovetta, 2017. "The Impact of Personal and Positional Powers on Knowledge Management Systems," International Journal of Knowledge Management (IJKM), IGI Global, vol. 13(2), pages 18-34, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jkm000:v:13:y:2017:i:2:p:18-34
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    1. Mamta Tripathi & Zuby Hasan, 2023. "Can leaders power and influence strategy enhance knowledge management in research intensive organizations: a modified TISM approach," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 57(5), pages 4725-4758, October.

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