The Impact of Leadership Style on Productivity Innovation in Services and Processes Given the Moderating Role of Knowledge Sharing
Subject Areas : Business ManagementAbutaleb Motalebivarkani 1 , Roya Mataji 2 , ali alimohammadpour 3
1 - Assistant Professor of Educational Management, Imam Khomeini University of Marine Sciences, Noshahr, Iran
2 - Master of Science (Management), Chalous Branch, Islamic Azad University, Chalus, Iran
3 - University lecturer, Imam Khomeini Naval Sciences University, Nowshahr, Iran
Keywords: Knowledge Sharing, Process, Transactional Leadership, Leadership of Charismatic Transformation, Service Innovation,
Abstract :
The purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of leadership style on the innovation of service productivity and processes in view of the moderating role of knowledge sharing in branches of the Mehr Economy Bank in West of Mazandaran province. The research method is a descriptive survey. The statistical population of this study was 800 employees of Mehr Bank of Mazandaran province and the sample size was 260 using Morgan table. In this research, a non-probabilistic random sampling method was used. The instruments used in this study were Charity Transformation Leadership Leadership Leadership Questionnaire (Dan Hartg et al., 2007), Palladino Service Innovation Innovation Questionnaire (2008), Process Innovation Questionnaire (Wang Wahmad, 2004), and Dan Hartgow Knowledge Sharing Questionnaire (2007),(Their reliability through Cronbach's alpha was 762/0, 725/0 and 781/0 respectively, and factor analysis method was used for validity verification. Research hypotheses have been analyzed using structural equation model with partial least squares approach through SPSS and AMOS software. The results of the assumptions test show that leadership style has a positive effect on productivity innovation in the organization due to the role of knowledge sharing in the organization of the Mehr Economy Bank in Mazandaran province.
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