Conference Paper

THE EFFECTS OF DECISION-MAKING STYLES OF LEADERSHIP ON EMPLOYEES KNOWLEDGE SHARING WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION

Volume: 13 Number: 2 December 31, 2018
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THE EFFECTS OF DECISION-MAKING STYLES OF LEADERSHIP ON EMPLOYEES KNOWLEDGE SHARING WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION

Abstract

Creating, applying and sharing knowledge, constitute great importance for organizations in today’s global business environment. In a business environment, in which competition is penetrated, managing and sharing knowledge properly within the organization is one of the requisiteness of making effective and sustainable innovations in order not to fall behind in the market. Thus, it can be assured that employees’ sense of belonging to the organization is not destroyed and their organizational commitment is accrued. Correspondingly, in the event of employee turnover it can be assured that they will not trespass on the knowledge that they have previously acquired from the organization. In this sense, knowledge management appears to be one of the most important qualifications of a leader and it can easily be observed that the leadership style a leader holds has divergent effects on organizational performance along with knowledge management. The purpose of this study is to reveal which of the three different decision-making styles, defined as “autocratic”, “democratic” and “sharing”, are adopted and applied by the leaders, employees’ attitude towards knowledge sharing in accordance with the leader’s leadership style and the effects of the mentioned styles on organizational performance. In this sense, Fiedler’s Contingency Theory and Vroom-Jago Decision-Making Model of Leadership are used as baseline. The research is conducted in organizations that are active in textile sector, in city of Bursa. According to the results, there is a statistically significant relationship between leadership decision making models and employees’ knowledge sharing within the organization. There is a statistically negative effect of sharing leadership on formal knowledge sharing while there is a statistically significant and negative effect of autocratic leadership style on compulsory knowledge sharing. In addition, there is a statistically significant and positive effect of sharing leadership style on compulsory knowledge sharing. It has also been found out that there is statistically negative effect of democratic leadership style on incompany knowledge sharing.

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English

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Publication Date

December 31, 2018

Submission Date

April 30, 2018

Acceptance Date

December 27, 2018

Published in Issue

Year 2018 Volume: 13 Number: 2

APA
Rüzgar, N. (2018). THE EFFECTS OF DECISION-MAKING STYLES OF LEADERSHIP ON EMPLOYEES KNOWLEDGE SHARING WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION. Bilgi Ekonomisi Ve Yönetimi Dergisi, 13(2), 107-120. https://izlik.org/JA32TE79GJ
AMA
1.Rüzgar N. THE EFFECTS OF DECISION-MAKING STYLES OF LEADERSHIP ON EMPLOYEES KNOWLEDGE SHARING WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION. JKEM. 2018;13(2):107-120. https://izlik.org/JA32TE79GJ
Chicago
Rüzgar, Nilüfer. 2018. “THE EFFECTS OF DECISION-MAKING STYLES OF LEADERSHIP ON EMPLOYEES KNOWLEDGE SHARING WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION”. Bilgi Ekonomisi Ve Yönetimi Dergisi 13 (2): 107-20. https://izlik.org/JA32TE79GJ.
EndNote
Rüzgar N (December 1, 2018) THE EFFECTS OF DECISION-MAKING STYLES OF LEADERSHIP ON EMPLOYEES KNOWLEDGE SHARING WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION. Bilgi Ekonomisi ve Yönetimi Dergisi 13 2 107–120.
IEEE
[1]N. Rüzgar, “THE EFFECTS OF DECISION-MAKING STYLES OF LEADERSHIP ON EMPLOYEES KNOWLEDGE SHARING WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION”, JKEM, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 107–120, Dec. 2018, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA32TE79GJ
ISNAD
Rüzgar, Nilüfer. “THE EFFECTS OF DECISION-MAKING STYLES OF LEADERSHIP ON EMPLOYEES KNOWLEDGE SHARING WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION”. Bilgi Ekonomisi ve Yönetimi Dergisi 13/2 (December 1, 2018): 107-120. https://izlik.org/JA32TE79GJ.
JAMA
1.Rüzgar N. THE EFFECTS OF DECISION-MAKING STYLES OF LEADERSHIP ON EMPLOYEES KNOWLEDGE SHARING WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION. JKEM. 2018;13:107–120.
MLA
Rüzgar, Nilüfer. “THE EFFECTS OF DECISION-MAKING STYLES OF LEADERSHIP ON EMPLOYEES KNOWLEDGE SHARING WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION”. Bilgi Ekonomisi Ve Yönetimi Dergisi, vol. 13, no. 2, Dec. 2018, pp. 107-20, https://izlik.org/JA32TE79GJ.
Vancouver
1.Nilüfer Rüzgar. THE EFFECTS OF DECISION-MAKING STYLES OF LEADERSHIP ON EMPLOYEES KNOWLEDGE SHARING WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION. JKEM [Internet]. 2018 Dec. 1;13(2):107-20. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA32TE79GJ