A Study on the Relationship between Leadership Style and Organizational Creativity in SMEs: Based on the Mediating Role of Knowledge Management
Keywords:
Organizational Creativity, Leadership Style, Knowledge ManagementAbstract
This thesis conducts systematic research and analysis on leadership style, knowledge management and organizational creativity, and constructs a relatively rigorous theoretical model. And with 378 SMEs as the research object, we conducted an empirical study and found that transformational leadership and transactional leadership have a significant positive impact on organizational creativity, and knowledge acquisition and knowledge application have a significant positive impact on organizational creativity. Knowledge acquisition and knowledge application can partially mediate between transformational and transactional leadership on organizational creativity. This dissertation offers suggestions for the selection of leadership styles as well as knowledge management to provide insights into the organizational creativity of SMEs.
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