The Effects of Transformational Leadership on Organizational Performance: Testing the Mediating Effects of Knowledge Management

Mahmut Kılıç,Orhan Uludağ

doi:10.3390/su13147981

Mahmut Kılıç, Orhan Uludağ

Open Access

https://doi.org/10.3390/su13147981

Copy DOI

Journal: Sustainability	Publication Date: Jul 16, 2021
Citations: 7	License type: CC BY 4.0

Affiliation: Cyprus International University

Abstract

Transformational leadership is a sustainable and exemplary form of leadership that liberates subordinates’ ideas, enables subordinates to view problems from a different perspective, helps adaptation to changing environments, and increases Human Resources Management effectiveness in public and service institutions. The effects of transformational leadership on organizational performance by means of knowledge management have been examined in this study on the northern Cyprus Security Forces. In addition, the study aims to analyze the relationships between transformational leadership, knowledge management, organizational performance, job satisfaction, organizational learning, and knowledge creation processes. The questionnaire was conducted in three different periods using a time-lag method, and data were collected from 1229 employees for this study. The collected data were analyzed using structural equation modeling (Lisrel 8.54). The findings of the research include 17 hypotheses that were supported, and 1 hypothesis that was not. In addition, it was determined that organizational learning, knowledge management, and job satisfaction mediate the effect of transformational leadership on organizational performance.

Highlights

It is widely recognized that sustainable organizational development and performance are significant issues in both private and public organizations
As can be seen in the table, transformational leadership has a relation with knowledge management, organizational learning, job satisfaction, organizational performance, and knowledge creation processes
Its first major contribution is the determination that transformational leadership increases organizational performance through knowledge management

Summary

Introduction

It is widely recognized that sustainable organizational development and performance are significant issues in both private and public organizations. Developments in knowledge management have increased organizational learning and enabled organizations to develop [1]. The main objective of this research was to determine the effects of perceived transformational leadership behaviors in military public institutions on sustainable organizational performance. The breadth of the fields of operation in military institutions and the differences in the tasks performed in the operation areas require the production and use of a large amount of knowledge. This generated knowledge should be properly managed and Sustainability 2021, 13, 7981.

Objectives

Results

Conclusion