Knowledge-oriented Leadership Research Articles

Stimulating innovation performance through knowledge-oriented leadership and knowledge sharing: the moderating role of market turbulence

PurposeDue to the vital role of innovation for firms to respond to the change and achieve competitive advantage, the purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of knowledge-oriented leadership (KOL) on innovation performance (IP) via the mediating role of knowledge sharing (KS). This study also clarifies the KS-IP relationship by exploring the moderating role of market turbulence.Design/methodology/approachAnalysis of moment structures and structural equation modeling are applied to examine the relationship among the latent factors in the proposed research model using data collected from 281 participants in 112 manufacturing and service firms in Vietnam.FindingsThe findings revealed that KOL serves as a key precursor to foster IP, directly or indirectly, through knowledge-oriented leaders’ effect on tacit and explicit KS behaviors. In addition, the paper highlights the moderating role of market turbulence in strengthening the impact of KS activities on IP.Research limitations/implicationsBy highlighting the important role KOL practice for stimulating KS behaviors, this paper provides a valuable understanding and novel approach for firms to improve IP. The research findings support the idea that market turbulence significantly contributes to increasing the effects of KS behaviors on IP.Originality/valueThis study contributes to bridging research gaps in the literature and advances the insights of how KOL directly and indirectly fosters IP via mediating roles of tacit and explicit KS processes under the effects of market turbulence.

Solving task management conflict in hotel establishments through knowledge management tools: effects on innovation capabilities

PurposeThis paper aims to analyze factors based on organizational knowledge management (KM; transactional memory systems and knowledge-oriented leadership [K-OL]) that help firms to mitigate conflicts based on task management at work, with the aim to improve their innovation capabilities (IC). The knowledge-based view of the firm, conflict management theory and cognitive collective engagement theory have been used to build a model of relationships that connects the development of positive KM contexts and management of dysfunctional conflict with IC improvement.Design/methodology/approachData survey collected from inland hotel establishments in Spain is used to test seven hypotheses by means of structural equations modeling, applying the partial least squares technique. Direct, indirect and mediating relationships between variables are examined from the structural path model.FindingsThe results confirm that, as expected, IC improve when K-OL and transactive memory systems (TMSs) are properly implemented by hotel establishments, which leads them to reduce negative effects of task management conflict (TMC). Significant direct effects are found between the key variables of the study and also a significant indirect effect between K-OL and IC through TMS reinforcement and the mitigation of TMC.Practical implicationsThis paper provides useful ideas for hotel managers about how to improve KM contexts in their establishments while avoiding TMC. Efforts devoted to creating those contexts by hotel establishments are shown to be effective to improve their IC and create competitive advantages.Originality/valueThe analysis of IC improvement by studying TMC mitigation had not been researched to date by the KM literature. The consideration and testing of a model that integrates KM-related tools such as K-OL and TMS to avoid TMC in the hotel industry is the main contribution of this study.

Unveiling heterogenous knowledge-oriented leadership and knowledge acquisition based hybrid work agility of knowledge workers

PurposeWith new hybrid working models in place post COVID-19, it is requisite that knowledge workers (KWs) stay agile. Knowledge-oriented leadership (KOL) can help employees with essential knowledge acquisition (KA) facilitating the journey toward hybrid work agility (HWA). This study, thus, aims to explore the impact of KOL and KA on HWA and reveal whether this effect stems uniformly from a single homogenous population or if there is unobserved heterogeneity leading to identifiable segments of agile KWs.Design/methodology/approachData was collected through stratified sampling from 416 employees from 20 information technology enabled services companies involved in knowledge-intensive tasks. Partial least squares (PLS) structural equation modeling approach, using SMART PLS 4.0, has been applied to examine the effect of KOL and KA on HWA. Finite mixture PLS, PLS prediction-oriented segmentation and multigroup analysis have been used to identify segments, test segment-specific path models and analyze the significance of the differences in the path coefficients for unobserved heterogeneity. Predictive relevance of the model has been determined using PLS Predict.FindingsResults indicate that KOL contributes to employees’ KA and HWA. A significant positive relationship is also reported between KA and HWA. The model has medium predictive relevance. A two-segment solution has been delineated, wherein independent agile KWs (who value autonomy and personal agency over leadership for KA) and dependent agile KWs (who depend on leaders for relational and structural support for KA) have been identified. Thus, KOL and KA play a differential role in determining HWA.Research limitations/implicationsThe authors’ major contribution to the knowledge body constitutes the determination of antecedents of HWA and a typology of agile KWs. Future researchers may conduct segment-wise qualitative analysis to delineate other variables that contribute to HWA.Practical implicationsTechnological advances necessitate that knowledge-intensive industries foster agility in employees for strategic agility of the organization. For effecting agile adaption of an organization to the knowledge economy conditions, it is pertinent that the full potential of this human resource be used. By profiling HWA of KWs on the basis of dimensions of KOL and the level of their KA, organizations will be able to help employees adapt better to rapidly changing work conditions.Originality/valueHWA is a novel concept and very germane in a hybrid working environment. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study to examine the effects of the dimensions of KOL and KA in relation to HWA, along with an empirical examination of unobserved heterogeneity in the aforementioned relationship.

Knowledge-oriented leadership and workers' performance: do individual knowledge management engagement and empowerment matter?

PurposeDrawing upon social cognitive theory (SCT), the authors aimed to examine the relationship between supervisors' knowledge-oriented leadership (KOL) style and knowledge workers' performance. The authors further investigated the conditional indirect effects of KOL on workers' performance through knowledge management (KM) engagement at different levels of workers' empowerment.Design/methodology/approachThe authors used a time-lagged field survey and collected data from 212 knowledge workers and their 72 supervisors working in 15 knowledge-intensive firms across Pakistan.FindingsThe results showed that supervisors' KOL positively affected knowledge workers' performance both directly and through KM engagement. Similarly, the effect of KM engagement on workers' performance was stronger for those who experienced higher levels of empowerment. Finally, the indirect effects of KOL on workers' performance through KM engagement were stronger for higher levels of empowerment.Originality/valueThe study provided theoretical implications, specifically in a non-Western work context where KOL is relatively less explored. Additionally, the authors examined the concept of empowerment, using SCT, as a boundary condition, providing evidence for empowerment as a contingency factor that fosters employees' performance.

Nexus of Strategic Thinking, Knowledge-Oriented Leadership, and Employee Creativity in Higher Education Institutes

Purpose: The aim of this study is to examine strategic thinking and knowledge-oriented leadership influence employees' creativity in the setting of Jordanian private universities. Theoretical framework: The study employed Path Goal Theory to clarify the interaction of the variables used in Higher Education Institutes to address the issue. Design/methodology/approach: The research used a “partial least squares-structural equation modeling” approach to examine the gathered data. For analysis purpose, was developed and empirically verified with data (n = 143) obtained from a random sample of private universities in Jordan. Findings: The result found that Strategic thinking promotes and increases employee creativity. However, knowledge-oriented leadership moderates the causal association between strategic thinking and employee creativity. Research implications: The results are presented taking into account the relevant research as well as the practical implications for higher education administrators. Originality/value: The novel theoretical contribution that was made by this study is its emphasis on knowledge-oriented leadership as a moderator in the link between strategic thinking and employee creativity.

Links between bureaucratic culture and knowledge creation: the mediating role of knowledge-oriented leadership

The purpose of this study is to test the impact of bureaucratic culture on knowledge creation and how this nexus is mediated by knowledge-oriented leadership. Bureaucracy as the identity of organisations in Northern Iraq has been the centre of discourses for reform and change. Managers have tried to harmonise knowledge management within the bureaucratic system in the public sector but that has not led to success yet. A part of the problem manifests itself from the leadership side as well; however the knowledge-oriented leadership may play a positive role to facilitate knowledge management practices within a bureaucratic culture of organisations. This empirical study is based on a sample of 175 employees working in different public universities located in the north of Iraq. The results show that the bureaucratic culture is negatively related to knowledge creation and this relationship is fully mediated by the knowledge-oriented leadership. The results of this study will be an addition to the existing literature because it the first attempt in its kind that has been conducted in an untested context. Also, the investigated public universities can enhance their knowledge management practices by implementing knowledge-oriented leadership styles.

Examining the Mediating Role of Organizational Culture in the Relationship Between Knowledge-Oriented Leadership Style and Innovative Performance in the General Directorate of Education in Mazandaran Province

Objective: The primary objective of this study is to investigate the role of knowledge-oriented leadership on innovative performance with the mediating role of organizational culture in the General Directorate of Education in Mazandaran Province. Methodology: Given the nature of the study, which seeks to examine the relationship between the research variables, the present research is of a survey type. The statistical population of this study includes the employees of the General Directorate of Education in Mazandaran Province, totaling 140 individuals according to the inquiry from the personnel office, who were employed in 2021. The sample size was determined to be 103 individuals based on the Krejcie and Morgan table and selected through random sampling. The data collection tools used in this study were standardized questionnaires: the knowledge-oriented leadership questionnaire by Donate and de Pablo (2015), Hofstede's (1984) organizational culture questionnaire, and Eskandarzadeh's (2014) innovative performance questionnaire, which were distributed among the employees. Data analysis was performed using PLS2 and included the T-statistic and the path coefficient between two variables. Findings: The results showed that there is no significant relationship between knowledge-oriented leadership and organizational culture. Additionally, there is no significant relationship between organizational culture and innovative performance. Furthermore, organizational culture does not have a mediating role in the relationship between knowledge-oriented leadership and innovative performance in the General Directorate of Education in Mazandaran Province. Conclusion: Overall, it can be stated that the mediating role of organizational culture in the relationship between knowledge-oriented leadership style and innovative performance was not confirmed.

Integrated e-learning for knowledge management and its impact on innovation performance among Jordanian manufacturing sector companies

E-learning in knowledge management was examined in this study, specifically on how it assists organizations in improving knowledge transfer and e-learning management, to increase performance and employee knowledge management. In this study, e-learning and knowledge management systems and technology were jointly implemented, and its impact on organizational performance was examined. Organizational management was also explored. The present study investigated the relationship between knowledge management (KM) and innovation performance (IP). The mediating effect of knowledge Management was deeply explored. Randomly selected managers from 57 Jordanian manufacturing companies were the study samples, and there were 470 managers involved in this study, from strategic, tactical, and operational levels. Questionnaires were used to gather data, and the questionnaire items covered the constructs of knowledge management, organizational learning (OL), knowledge-oriented leadership (KOL) and IP. A research model was proposed and was tested using structural equation modeling (SEM). The findings were as follows: KOL positively affected KM; KOL positively affected IP; OL negatively affected IP; KOL positively affected KM; OL positively affected KM; KM positively affected IP and KM mediated the relationship between KOL, OL and IP.

Knowledge-oriented leadership and innovative performance: role of creative self-efficacy and organisational climate in software industry of Pakistan

Knowledge-oriented leadership and innovative performance: role of creative self-efficacy and organisational climate in software industry of Pakistan

The effects of knowledge-oriented leadership style, digital transformation, and human resource development on sustainable competitive advantage in East Java MSMEs

This study investigates the implications of KOLS, Digital Transformation, and Human Resource Development for Sustainable Competitive Advantage through Innovative Behavior and Organizational Innovation in East Java Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). 382 MSMEs in East Java were surveyed, and their data were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The results showed that KOLS, Digital Transformation, and Human Resource Development significantly positively affected Innovative Behavior, Organizational Innovation, and Sustainable Competitive Advantage. Moreover, Innovative Behavior and Organizational Innovation are important mediating roles in this relationship. The results highlight the importance of cultivating a culture of sharing knowledge, embracing digital transformation, and investing in employee development to increase the competitive advantage of MSMEs. This study provides practical implications for MSME management, emphasizing the need to develop strategies that promote knowledge-oriented leadership, adopt digital technologies, and enhance employee skills and competencies. Thus, MSMEs can foster a culture of innovation, which leads to a sustainable competitive advantage in the long term. This research contributes to understanding the factors driving Sustainable Competitive Advantage in East Java MSMEs. It offers valuable insights for practitioners and policymakers in driving the growth and competitiveness of the MSME sector.

The Role of Knowledge-Oriented Leadership in Fostering Innovation Capabilities: The Mediating Role of Data Analytics Maturity

The Role of Knowledge-Oriented Leadership in Fostering Innovation Capabilities: The Mediating Role of Data Analytics Maturity

Employee Performance through Learning & Innovation in Mediating Organizational Structure and Knowledge Oriented Leadership

Employee performance is one important factor that is useful in helping the organization. This relates to the achievement of the objectives contained in the vision and mission of an organization. This study aimed to analyze the performance of employees with an organizational structure and knowledge-oriented leadership based on learning innovation and organizational suitability. The population of this research was the employees of the Regional Secretariat of the City of Padang, totaling 222 people. The sampling technique used the Census method, where the entire existing population was used as a research sample. While the data analysis technique used Structure Equation Modeling (SEM) with hypothesis testing using SmartPLS 3. The results of the research hypothesis showed that knowledge-oriented organizational structure and leadership had a significant effect on learning innovation as well as employee performance. Empirical facts found that learning innovation had a significant effect on employee performance. Meanwhile, knowledge-oriented leadership had no significant effect on employee performance. Furthermore, learning innovation proved to have a significant effect in mediating organizational structure and knowledge-oriented leadership on employee performance. The contribution of this research, to be able to improve the performance of employees, organizational leaders can provide training and education as well as distribute knowledge and skills in supporting the work of employees.

Influence of knowledge-oriented leadership and knowledge sharing on radical and incremental innovation: the moderating role of market turbulence

Purpose This study aims to analyze and clarify the influence of knowledge-oriented leadership (KOL) on radical and incremental innovation via the mediating role of knowledge sharing (KS). This study also explores the relationship between KS and two aspects of innovation capability by examining the moderating role of market turbulence. Design/methodology/approach The research model was tested using a structural equation modeling design based on survey data collected from 335 participants in 132 manufacturing and service firms in Vietnam. Findings The findings revealed that KOL serves as a key precursor to foster radical and incremental innovation directly or indirectly through KS processes. In addition, it highlights the moderating role of market turbulence in strengthening the impact of KS activities on two forms of innovation capability. Research limitations/implications By highlighting the important role KOL practice for stimulating KS behaviors, this paper provides a valuable understanding and novel approach for firms to improve radical and incremental. The research findings support the idea that market turbulence significantly contributes to increasing the effects of KS on innovation capability. Originality/value This study contributes to bridging research gaps in the the literature and advances the insights of how KOL directly and indirectly fosters innovation capability via the mediating role of KS processes under the market turbulence.

ANTECENDENT AND CONSEQUENCES OF ISLAMIC ETHICAL INTERACTION CAPABILITY: A STUDY OF INTERACTION THEORY IN THE CONTEXT OF ISLAMIC VALUES TOWARD ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE

This study intends to find a new concept (novelty) that can fill the limitations of previous studies and the research gap between the role of knowledge-oriented leadership and organizational performance centered on the concept of Islamic Ethical Interaction Capability leadership expected to trigger an increase in organizational performance. This study develops a model of increasing organizational performance through a spiritual leadership theory approach and interaction theory with a focus on the concept of Islamic Ethical Interaction Capability expected to be able to fill the existing gap. This study aims to explore a new conceptual model that can fill the limitations of previous studies and the research gaps between the role of knowledge-oriented leadership in improving Organizational Performance centered on the concept of Islamic Ethical Interaction Capability. This explanatory research emphasizes the relationship between research variables (causality) between organizational rewards, knowledge-oriented training, Islamic Ethical Interaction Capability, creativity, and organizational performance. The population in this study was the Camat in the West Java Province, with as many as 627 people. Based on Slevin's calculation, the respondents in the research sample were 245 people, or about 39% of the total number of sub-district heads in West Java province. The sample distribution uses proportional random sampling. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) from the AMOS 20.0 software package was used to analyze the data in this study. The results of the study show that leadership that has the characteristics of being able to lead to honest behavior, fair emotional understanding, caring and understanding the negative emotions of others, and believing and sharing positive emotions is proven to be able to encourage increased creativity in human resources and organizational performance. Organizational rewards and knowledge-oriented training increase Islamic Ethical Interaction Capability Leadership expressed by indicators leading to honest behavior, fair emotional understanding, caring for and understanding of the negative emotions of others, and believing in sharing positive emotions.

The impacts of knowledge-oriented leadership on employees' knowledge management behaviors in Chinese based organizations: a qualitative study

PurposeThis study aims to minimize the research gap by finding out what are the current state of knowledge management (KM) in the Chinese private science and technology organizations, the essential factors for promoting KM behaviors and the role of knowledge-oriented leadership in determining employees’ KM behaviors. Specifically, this research attempts to create a theoretical framework, which can be used to facilitate KM implementation in general, in the Chinese context in particular.Design/methodology/approachSemi-structured interviews with executives, senior managers and specialists were used to capture interviewees’ responses to the research question. The responses were analyzed with Nvivo to detect the obstacles of KM behaviors within Chinese private science and technology organizations.FindingsThis study highlights that poor KM behaviors are caused by knowledge-oriented leaders’ weak awareness of the KM values, and also these leaders are not equipped with the necessary knowledge-oriented leadership skills. As a result, there is a lack of knowledge sharing and knowledge inheritance. To respond to the identified KM related issues, while maximizing the KM values, some effective countermeasures focusing on the strategic, managerial as well as operational levels are proposed.Practical implicationsThere is a need for knowledge-oriented leaders to recognize the growing significance of KM practices, and to increase the level of awareness of KM values. To achieve such ambition, they need to build a corporate knowledge culture, which promotes knowledge development, application, preservation, sharing and inheritance.Originality/valueThis study contributes to deepening the understandings of the linkage between knowledge-oriented leadership and KM behaviors, which is of great significance to promote the soft power of KM on employees’ attitudes and behaviors.

Exploring the Nexus Between Knowledge-Oriented Leadership and Employees’ Innovative Behaviour in SMEs: The Moderating Role of Organisational Learning Culture

Exploring the Nexus Between Knowledge-Oriented Leadership and Employees’ Innovative Behaviour in SMEs: The Moderating Role of Organisational Learning Culture

The Role of Knowledge-Oriented Leadership and Team Creativity in ERP Project Success

The Role of Knowledge-Oriented Leadership and Team Creativity in ERP Project Success

Leadership styles and HEI performance: relationship and moderating factors

ABSTRACT The growing attention paid to the performance of state Higher Education Institutions (HEI), caused by the growing demands and changes in these institutions’ ways of acting, has contributed to valorization of leadership as an instrument guiding their line of action, able to stimulate their success and with positive impacts on HEIs’ performance. This study has the twin objective of analyzing the relation between the different leadership styles and performance in Brazilian and Iberian HEIs, and the possible moderating effects of culture and autonomy on that relation. A questionnaire was completed by rectors, vice-rectors, pro-rectors and leaders of HEIs. The data collected were analyzed through descriptive statistics and application of the PLS-SEM method. Adaptive integrative, cybernetic, knowledge-oriented, strategic and transformational leadership styles were found to have a positive and significant influence on the performance of Brazilian HEIs, but this was not the case in Iberian HEIs. In addition, staff autonomy was seen to have a positive and significant moderating effect on the relation between leadership styles and performance in Brazilian HEIs. The study also contributes by identifying the types of culture and autonomy that have a positive and significant influence on HEI performance.

Impact of knowledge oriented leadership on sustainable service quality of higher education institutes

PurposeThe potential role of higher education institutes is indispensable for realizing the dream of a sustainable future. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of knowledge-oriented leadership on the sustainable service quality of higher education institutes. Furthermore, it also investigates the mediating role of organizational innovation and psychological empowerment.Design/methodology/approachData of this study is collected from 306 faculty members of the public and private universities of Pakistan. Structural equation modeling technique was used for data analysis and testing of hypotheses.FindingsThe results demonstrate the positive impact of knowledge-oriented leadership on sustainable service quality. Organizational innovation and psychological empowerment partially mediate the relationship of knowledge-oriented leadership and sustainable service quality.Practical implicationsThe policymakers including the higher education commission of Pakistan and university administration are highly recommended to promote a knowledge-oriented leadership style in the higher education institutes to improve innovation and psychological empowerment at the workplace which leads to foster sustainable service quality.Originality/valueThe concept of sustainable service quality in higher education institutes is in the infancy stages in developing countries. There is a dearth of studies that explore the relationship between knowledge management enabler and sustainable service quality. This study attempts to explore the unexplored relationship and extends the literature of higher education institutes and sustainable service quality.

Dealing with knowledge hiding to improve innovation capabilities in the hotel industry: The unconventional role of knowledge-oriented leadership

The development of unconventional forms of innovation relies on information and knowledge exchange and their subsequent integration. However, deceptive knowledge hiding (KH) stifles creativity and hinders the growth of innovative skills and corporate performance. This paper uses a cognitive collective engagement approach and an unconventional management style – knowledge-oriented leadership – to explain how to mitigate deceptive KH by focusing on reducing high levels of task management conflict, which is thought to be an antecedent of KH. We also illustrate how reducing KH has a beneficial influence on innovative capabilities, allowing businesses to achieve long-term competitive advantages. A structural equations model is used to test our assumptions in a sample of 118 inland Spanish hotels. The findings confirm that deceptive KH resulting from task management conflict erodes innovative capabilities in this industry. We also find that knowledge-oriented leadership has positive and strong direct and indirect consequences on task management conflict, knowledge hiding, and innovation capabilities. The implications of using this unconventional leadership perspective to improve innovation capabilities are discussed in detail by the study’s authors.