Study the Effects of Different Leadership Style in Successful Implementation of Knowledge Management by Using Factorial Analysis at Iran Export Credit Insurance Institute

In an era in which, economy works on core of knowledge aspect, knowledge is considered a vital factor in maintaining sustained competitiveness advantage of organizations. Today, the art and skill of management in organizations is moving towards changing into the art of knowledge management ;and, leadership means providing suitable conditions and grounds in producing valuable knowledge via human force thought, and performing this task in a way that would encourage individuals in undertaking personal responsibility. The leadership factor plays a key role in successful implementation of knowledge management in enterprises and organizations; thus, in the present research, the authors have studied the relationship between knowledge management and leadership style as well as defining empowerment leadership style in knowledge management. The statistical population of this research consisted of employees of Iran Export Credit Insurance Institute. The present research is applied in term of goal and descriptive and correlation in terms of nature and methodology adoption. To study the relationship between variables, the regression analysis based on SPSS software, factorial analysis,modeling structural equations based on variance by using PLS software have been used. In line with research hypotheses, the correlation coefficients showed positive and significant relationship between transformational and transactional leadership with knowledge management; and on Laissez-Faire leadership style, no significant relationship was confirmed between this variable and knowledgemanagement variable. Ultimately, transactional leadership style was recognized as empowerment leadership style in knowledge management at this institute.

Keywords:

Knowledge management , knowledge leadership , transformational leadership , transactional leadership , Laissez-Faire leadership