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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2016.17.8.544

An Analysis of Mediating Effects According to Knowledge Management Activities of Organization Members in the Relationship between Supervisors' Transformational Leadership and Organizational Commitment within the Organization - A Comparative Analysis of the Employees of Large Companies by Industry -  

Han, Choong-Keun (Dept. Of Knowledge Service & Consulting, Hansung University)
You, Yen-Yoo (Dept. Of Knowledge Service & Consulting, Hansung University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.17, no.8, 2016 , pp. 544-559 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this research is to analyze the mediating effects of knowledge management activities in the relationships between superiors' transformational leadership and their organizational commitment and between the their transformational leadership and knowledge management activities and organizational commitment by industry with 635 employees of large companies as the participants in this research. The results of this research can be summarized as follows. It was found that the superiors' transformational leadership had significant effects on their knowledge management activities and organizational commitment. Also, it was found that their knowledge management activities had significant effects on their organizational commitment. It was found that the superiors' transformational leadership had partial mediating effects with regard to the mediating role of their knowledge management activities in their organizational commitment. Finally, the results of the analysis by industry showed that the effects of the superiors' transformational leadership on their knowledge management activities were the greatest in the service industry and the effects of their knowledge management activities on their organizational commitment were also the greatest in the service industry. It was also found that the effects of the superiors' transformational leadership on their organizational commitment were the greatest in the IT industry. In this research, it was recognized that transformational leadership plays an important role as a prerequisite factor for promoting organizational effectiveness, and these results imply that transformational leadership means not only achieving goals, but also pursuing changes and innovation and, at the same time, developing the latent capabilities and strengths of the organization's members and promoting their confidence and passion by stimulating their positive strengths, so that they can achieve higher than expected outcomes.
Keywords
knowledge management activity; organizational commitment; the inside of the organization; transformational leadership;
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