Leadership Styles and Organizational Knowledge Management Activities: A Systematic Review

Abstract

Leaders play a critical role in the success or failure of their organizations. Leaders can be effective in implementing changes, building their organization's capabilities, and improving its performance, or the opposite, they could be ineffective. In this systematic review, the authors aim to summarize the findings of previous quantitative research, published between the period from 2000 to 2018, to identify the effect of various leadership styles on organizational Knowledge management (KM) capabilities and activities. The authors reviewed 50 articles found in well-known databases included Emerald, ScienceDirect, Taylor and Francis, Ebsco, Google Scholar, and others, concerning the impact of leadership when implementing KM in business organizations. The review revealed that transformational, transactional, knowledge-oriented leadership, top executives, and strategic leadership have evidence of their constant and positive effect on the KM process. The authors encourage organizations to use a combination of those styles to maximize the effect of leadership on KM. The authors also recommend conducting further studies on the effect of the remaining leadership styles, such as the ethical and servant leadership styles on KM and the other specific KM activities.

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“…In other modes of transportation in the aviation industry or in road transport, the risks are high of theft or other cases like the accident, attack, or any natural calamity [131]- [133].…”

Impact of Transportation Accessibility on Economic Growth at Uae Maritime Industry

“…Safe and sound transportation significantly lowers the cost of transporting goods as well as people (travel) [33], as one mean of safety and assurance would minus all other related costs and the upcoming costs in case of damaged goods [34]- [37]. The transportation of people increases productivity in an economy, which enables people to work and look for jobs in places which may seem inaccessible and far away [38], which also is another factor encouraging the economic growth which also provides an improved standard of living [39]- [41]. Furthermore, the output of goods and the influx of their availability increases, as the quick availability of goods will conflict with the demand supply rule [42], as efficient supply will maintain the demand and fight off inflation ticking another box for economic growth [43], [44].…”