Providing a business leadership model in knowledge-based companies

Subject Areas : Industrial Management

Somayeh Sarbazqadim ¹ , Majid Bagherzadeh Khajeh ^{2 *} , Kamaladdin Rahmani Youshanlouei ³

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2 - استادیار گروه مدیریت، واحد تبریز، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تبریز، ایران.
3 - Assistant Professor of Industrial Management, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz

Received: 2025-03-05 Accepted : 2025-04-23 Published : 2025-09-24

Keywords: Keywords: Business, Knowledge-Based Companies, Leadership.,

Abstract :

Abstract

The aim of this research is to present a business leadership model in knowledge-based companies using thematic analysis approach. In this section, the research field included senior managers of knowledge-based companies, small and medium-sized businesses in Tabriz and academic experts, 26 of whom were selected using theoretical sampling. Then, a semi-structured interview was conducted with them and the resulting data reached theoretical saturation. In order to analyze the data, the Brown and Clarke (2006) framework and MAXQDA software were used, and finally, the importance and ranking of themes were performed using Fuzzy Delphi. Thus, the findings indicate that the five main criteria, leadership skills with 199 points (29%), leadership personality components with 132 points (20%), organizational environmental leadership components with 130 points (19%), leadership approaches, 112 points (17%), and leadership ethical interactions with 103 points (16%) are effective on business leadership and in terms of importance, leadership skills have obtained the first rank, leadership personality components have the second rank, organizational environmental leadership components have the third rank, leadership approaches have the fourth rank, and leadership ethical components have the fifth rank. At the end, practical suggestions were presented for the statistical community based on the results of the research.

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