Title: The role of knowledge management capability among the transformational leadership and radical innovation, case of municipality

Authors: Sina Rezaei; Reza Rostamzadeh

Addresses: Department of Management, Urmia Branch, Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran ' Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Big Data Research Center, Urmia Branch, Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran

Abstract: Companies spend many time and money trying to come up with new ways to help people be more creative and come up with new ideas. Learning new things helps companies get better at making new and improved products in a competitive market. This study adds to what we already know about how leaders can inspire big changes and new ideas. It also shows how knowledge management capabilities (KMC) can help create new and groundbreaking innovations. So, this study aims to see how being a strong leader can help create big changes in a municipality by using strong communication and knowledge sharing. This study is categorised as correlational and applied research. The data was collected with a structured survey questionnaire. The proposed model validated using structural equation modelling (SEM), specifically the partial least square (PLS) to test the conceptual framework. The results showed that transformational leadership (TL) has a positive effect on KMC and radical innovation. In addition, this study shows that KMC positively mediate the relationship between TL and radical innovation.

Keywords: TL; transformational leadership; KMC; knowledge management capabilities; radical innovation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJKBD.2024.143628

International Journal of Knowledge-Based Development, 2024 Vol.14 No.4, pp.364 - 386

Received: 16 Dec 2023
Accepted: 16 Aug 2024
Published online: 02 Jan 2025 *

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