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

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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)

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.

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  • Mohammad Hakkak & Khaled Nawaser & Ali Vafaei-Zadeh & Haniruzila Hanifah, 2021. "Determination of Optimal Leadership Styles Through Knowledge Management: A Case from the Automotive Industry," International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 18(04), pages 1-22, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijitmx:v:18:y:2021:i:04:n:s0219877021500127
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219877021500127
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