The Role of Leadership Styles in Knowledge Management Practices

Abstract

The study aimed at identifying the role of leadership styles (Transformational, Transactional) in practicing the knowledge management processes among the employees of the Companies based on the expansion of Al-Masjid Al-Nabawi in Madinah. To achieve the objectives of the study, the questionnaire was developed to collect the necessary data based on the previous studies as well as the descriptive analytical approach was used. The study population consisted of all the employees with senior management positions (general manager, assistants, and deputy), the middle and the first manager (director of department & head of division) in the three companies, which numbered (382) employees. The researcher used SPSS in obtaining the results by following several tests such as multiple linear regression and cronbach's alpha tests to ensure the stability of the test as well as the factor analysis test. The study has several findings, the most important of them are the level of practicing the leadership styles among the leaders, by members of the Companies based on the expansion of Al-Masjid Al-Nabawi in Madinah, was generally moderate. Also, the transformational leadership style was the most available among other leadership styles by 69.45%, followed by the transactional style by 66.38%. the second result is the degree of applying knowledge management processes in the tree Companies was high with a relative weight of 68.35%.