The effect of tacit knowledge management and spiritual leadership on organizational performance
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Amir Kazemi
1
(Department of MBA, Shiraz branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran)
Narges Larijani
2
(Narges larijani,department of managment, payame noor university(PNU) ,p.o.Box19395-4697Tehran.IRAN)
Keywords: Knowledge management, Organizational Performance, tacit knowledge,
Abstract :
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of tacit knowledge management and spiritual leadership on organizational performance of Islamic Azad Universities of Guilan and Mazandaran provinces. The present research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-survey in terms of data collection. The statistical population includes 4800 employees of Islamic Azad universities of Gilan and Mazandaran provinces. The number of samples included 360 people who were selected by non-probability sampling method available. Data collection tool was a standard questionnaire whose validity was assessed by face method and its reliability by Cronbach's alpha method. PLS structural equation modeling was used to analyze the data. The results showed that tacit knowledge management and its dimensions (socialization, externalization, composition, internalization) have a significant effect on organizational performance. Spiritual leadership has also had a significant effect on organizational performance. Therefore, it can be concluded that attention to organizational knowledge management, especially tacit knowledge, as well as creating spirituality in the workplace and the existence of spiritual leaders in organizations that can improve organizational performance, are important.
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